Background and Clique

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Clique and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Clique" instead a noun "Background".

Clique noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

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Background and clique are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Clique".

Nearby Words: cliquish, cliquey

similar	similar background	similar clique
right	right background	right clique
strong	strong background	strong clique
actual	actual background	actual clique
Other adjectives: entire, little, black, main, social, aristocratic, new, different.

All the kids, no matter their clique, appearance, or background, are then shown interacting peacefully in heaven.

Source: Film / Heathers
Cherryl Taggart of Atlas Shrugged is Wrong Genre Savvy and thinks that her story is a Pygmalion Plot; after all, she does start out wishing to improve on her background growing up in a slum by marrying a great railroad executive and joining his superior clique.

Source: Pygmalion Plot

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