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Holiday island’s brought in neat organisation of groups (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tribalism

'organisation of groups' is the definition.
(organisation or arrangement into tribes)

'holiday island's brought in neat' is the wordplay.
'holiday island's' becomes 'balis' (Bali is a popular holiday destination).
'brought in' is an insertion indicator.
'neat' becomes 'trim' (synonyms).
'balis' inserted within 'trim' is 'TRIBALISM'.

(Other definitions for tribalism that I've seen before include "ethnic customs" , "allegiance to group" , "divisive tendency" , "Organisation of society on ethnic lines" , "cultural identity?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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