Meaning of us-and-them | Babel Free

Definitions

Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies.

not-comparable

Examples

“Good football teams always have an us-and-them mentality; there are the 45 players and their coaches, and then there is everybody else.”

“[…] one of the major concerns by staff is the lack of social contact with an SMT and an 'us and them' syndrome developing.”

“We described above how a solution to the problem of interpersonal feuding has been to devolve such feuds to an authority such as the police. But what if the police behave in an us-and-them way?”

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