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ingroup extremity effect

the tendency to describe and evaluate ingroup members, their actions, and their products in exaggeratedly positive ways. Compare outgroup extremity effect. See also ingroup bias; linguistic intergroup bias.

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Nothnagel’s acroparesthesia

Nothnagel’s acroparesthesia

see acroparesthesia. [Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (1841–1905), German neurologist]