detribalization meaning

UK US

detribalization (noun): the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living.

Spelling: detribalisation (British) · detribalization (American)

detribalization has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

detribalization as a noun

  1. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living

    Synonyms: detribalisation

    Type of: social control

    Related forms: detribalize

  2. the decline or termination of tribal organization

    Synonyms: detribalisation

    Opposite: tribalization

    Type of: disunion

Scrabble score: 27 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in ON · 15-letter words

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