Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

us-and-them

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.80 in modern English

Syllables: us-and-them
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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?"

Phrases

us versus them us-and-them-ism for me and not for thee

Frequently Paired Words

us versus them us-and-them-ism campism for me and not for thee

Questions

What does us-and-them mean?: Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies.

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