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Answer for the clue "Tendency to associate with only a select group ", 12 letters:
clannishness

Word definitions for clannishness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tendency to associate with only a select group [syn: cliquishness , exclusiveness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state of being clannish

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clannish \Clan"nish\, a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- Clan"nish*ly , adv. -- clan"nish*ness , n.

Usage examples of clannishness.

It was emblematic of its clannishness that foreigners who sought to become citizens had to be approved by both the parliament and the prince.

But subject her to the prejudices, hypocrisies and clannishness of any specific religion, I will not.

This marrying in the family or tribe was what engendered the selfishness, the clannishness, and the struggle and strife of the world.

They were conspicuous by their clannishness and their inexpensive clothes, often rumpled as a badge of their romantic migratory lives.

He'd heard about the clannishness of Marine infantry units, how they excluded outsiders.