outgroup

== English == === Etymology === From out- +‎ group. === Noun === outgroup (plural outgroups) (sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group. (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest. 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436: A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “systematics”): ingroup (antonym(s) of “sociology”): ingroup ==== Translations ==== === Verb === outgroup (third-person singular simple present outgroups, present participle outgrouping, simple past and past participle outgrouped) To form an outgroup.