all the people not belonging to a specific in-group
out-group
out·-group
noun
The out-group is a number of people who do not belong.
An example of an out-group is a gathering of outcasts.
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Noun
(plural outgroups)
- (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
- (sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
Origin
From out- +"Ž group.
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