#clique__coterie__ingroup__inner_circle__innercircle__pack__camp  an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  supertype:  set.social_group__circle__band__lot  an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  subtype:  Bloomsbury_Group  an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
  subtype:  loop.clique  an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"
  subtype:  faction__cabal__junta__junto__camarilla  a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  subtype:  mafia__maffia  (informal) any tightly knit group of trusted associates
  subtype:  sect__faction  a dissenting clique
     subtype:  splinter_group  a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization
     subtype:  left_wing__left  those trying to overthrow the established order
     subtype:  right_wing__rightwing__right  the conservative faction of a political party
     subtype:  old_guard__oldguard  a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas
     subtype:  pro-choice_faction  those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother
     subtype:  pro-life_faction  those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited
  subtype:  galere__rogue's_gallery__rogue'sgallery  a coterie of undesirable people
  subtype:  hard_core  the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement

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