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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies..
Good football teams always have an us-and-them mentality; there are the 45 players and their coaches, and then there is everybody else.
[…] one of the major concerns by staff is the lack of social contact with an SMT and an 'us and them' syndrome developing.
We described above how a solution to the problem of interpersonal feuding has been to devolve such feuds to an authority such as the police. But what if the police behave in an us-and-them way?
Use us-and-them when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Us-and-them means Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies..
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Good football teams always have an us-and-them mentality; there are the 45 players and their coaches, and then there is everybody else.
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