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Adding infobox on men of the clique by G. K. Chesterton
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! style="font-size:120%; background:red; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | The men of the clique and hell
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| style="padding:15px;" |''"The men of the clique live together because they have the same kind of soul, and their narrowness is a narrowness of spiritual coherence and contentment, like that which exists in hell..."''
<div style="padding-left:40px;">— Gilbert K. Chesterton<ref name="Gilbert2006">{{cite book |title=The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton |author=Gilbert K. Chesterton |publisher=Simon and Schuster |place= |year=2013 |volume=I. |pages=194 |isbn=978-16279-31618 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kg6YDAAAQBAJ |quote=|language=English}}</ref></div>
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A '''clique''' is generally defined as a small, exclusive group or circle of people who come together for a common purpose or common reasons or interests.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of ''clique'']</ref> This definition is mostly used to describe high school students who band together based on such reasons (such as [[elitism|elitist]] and snobbish teenage girls from rich/high income/high-profile families, for which the term is most often used and in a [[pejorative]] sense; this type of clique tend to view themselves as "superior" to others, to look down on and socially exclude anyone they disapprove of, and to engage in behaviors such as [[bullying]], [[aggression]], cruelty, ruthlessness, [[manipulation]] and [[rumormongering]] to maintain power and control), although it can also be used to describe subcultural groups within society such as jocks, [[nerd]]s/[[geek]]s, [[punk]]s, [[Goth (subculture)|Goths]], hipsters and [[emo]]s.
A '''clique''' is generally defined as a small, exclusive group or circle of people who come together for a common purpose or common reasons or interests.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of ''clique'']</ref> This definition is mostly used to describe high school students who band together based on such reasons (such as [[elitism|elitist]] and snobbish teenage girls from rich/high income/high-profile families, for which the term is most often used and in a [[pejorative]] sense; this type of clique tend to view themselves as "superior" to others, to look down on and socially exclude anyone they disapprove of, and to engage in behaviors such as [[bullying]], [[aggression]], cruelty, ruthlessness, [[manipulation]] and [[rumormongering]] to maintain power and control), although it can also be used to describe subcultural groups within society such as jocks, [[nerd]]s/[[geek]]s, [[punk]]s, [[Goth (subculture)|Goths]], hipsters and [[emo]]s.