Why “clique” is being discussed
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I've got a similar story and similar rep, although I only have about a dozen answers posted after 2021. I haven't ever told anyone how much I answered questions there, either. I…
by da_chicken · Oct 29, 2026
I like this general hypothesis, but dislike this formulation: > This led the tastemaker art and architecture elite to start playing a kind of inside baseball where what's "beaut…
by PaulDavisThe1st · Oct 28, 2026
I think a good theory is: Up until the late 1800s, beauty was expensive. Therefore, it was a costly (i.e., believable) signal of wealth, status, and taste. In the late 1800s and…
by NoImmatureAdHom · Oct 28, 2026
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A clique, in the social sciences, is a group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than include others. Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity, or popularity. Although cliques are most commonly studied during adolescence and middle childhood development, they exist in all age groups. They are often bound together by shared social characteristics such as ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Examples of common or stereotypical adolescent cliques include athletes, nerds, and "outsiders". Read more on Wikipedia