Word: outgroups
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: out
groups
Definition: Plural of outgroup. In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
Morphemes:
Affix: out-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Toward the outside of, away from
Affix: group
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A subset of a culture or of a society.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: groupe
Language: fr
Decoded: groupe
Meaning: cluster, group
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).