coterie
5
8.7
- noun
- /ˈkoʊtəˌri/
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coterie
- A small coterie, a small group of people can govern a huge country, right?
- a small coterie
- an elite coterie
It's a substantive attempt to describe a certain sort of coterie on the right.
- It's a substantive attempt to describe a certain sort of coterie on the right.
- And Kuhn is part of a coterie of deeply skeptical thinkers of that time.
- A small coterie, a small group of people can govern a huge country, right?
- But when you look at the coterie of people, you know, around Boris, you know, we kind of are back to the Oxbridge posh set running the country.
Examples
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Stanton's words were effective with a relatively small coterie of educated women, mostly on the East Coast.
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A coterie of liberals was receptive to an invitation couched in such affirming and familiar terms.
Academic text (2011) -
Policy was by and large reserved for a small coterie around the president to decide.
Academic text (1992) -
Usually she took Rachel or some other member of her tight coterie of friends.
Fiction book (1995) -
They'd become part of his coterie so we wanted to listen to them.
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After all, hers is not the first coterie of historians to discover that other disciplines had much to offer the historian.
Academic text (1992) -
And Kuhn is part of a coterie of deeply skeptical thinkers of that time.
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A small coterie of decision-makers presides over a large network of patronage and intimidation.
Academic text (2007) -
Near the front door, Moses was surrounded by his own coterie of admirers.
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Power begins and ends with Assad and a small coterie of his family and advisers.
Synonyms
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3.3
A group of people with shared interests
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6.4
A small, close group of people who keep others out
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4.9
A small trusted group of people with special power or access in an organization
A small group of people with the same interests who treat each other as special
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word coterie comes from French and originally meant a small group of people who met together. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a tight 'corner' or circle of friends who only meet each other, which is why coterie now means an exclusive, select group.