Klannish
adjEtymology Blend of Klan + clannish.
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Of or pertaining to the Ku Klux Klan.
- I am an American Negro woman who, in spite of all the Klannish feeling in the world, is grateful to the Creator, since it pleased Him to create me thus, and proudly I join with those who denounce hatred and advocate love.1970, Nancy Cunard, Hugh D. Ford, Negro: An Anthology, page 115:
- Klannish political culture offered a way of life, a sense of purpose, and a worldview that drew on the ordinary racism and intolerance of white Protestant society[…]2008, Kathleen M. Blee, Women of the Klan: racism and gender in the 1920s, page 155: