In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
OUTGROUP
Etymology
Noun
outgroup (plural outgroups)
(sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
(systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
Antonyms
• (systematics): ingroup
• (sociology): ingroup
Verb
outgroup (third-person singular simple present outgroups, present participle outgrouping, simple past and past participle outgrouped)
To form an outgroup.
Source: Wiktionary
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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