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In-Groups and Out-Groups

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An in-group is a group a person identifies with and feels loyalty toward; an out-group is one they define themselves against.

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Supporters of rival teams describe identical behavior as passion in themselves and as bad conduct in the others.

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The boundary itself does the work — the trait distinguishing the groups may be trivial.