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名詞

affinity group (plural affinity groups)

1. A formal or informal group of people formed around a shared interest or common goal.
   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎:

     But in my corner of the app — the fans and critics who gathered to riff on TV and the real-life events that filtered through it — it feels like the end of an era. Even the finale of “Succession,” a big deal among my affinity group of TV junkies and media obsessives, felt like a trickle next to the big tweetwatches of the 2010s.

Further reading

• “affinity group”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.