| NOUN | group | secret society | a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers |
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| Meaning | A society that conceals its activities from nonmembers. | |
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| Instances | Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK | A secret society of white Southerners in the United States |
| Narrower | Freemasonry, Masonry | Freemasons collectively |
| Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, National Volunteers Association | An all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus | |
| Broader | association | A formal organization of people or groups of people |
| Spanish | sociedad secreta | |
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