Definition of Detribalization

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

Exact synonyms: Detribalisation
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Derivative terms: Detribalise, Detribalize

2. Noun. The decline or termination of tribal organization.
Exact synonyms: Detribalisation
Generic synonyms: Disunion
Antonyms: Tribalisation, Tribalization

Definition of Detribalization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detribalization

detrains
detransitivise
detransitivize
detraque
detraques
detrect
detrected
detrecting
detrects
detrend
detrended
detrending
detrends
detribalisation
detribalise
detribalization (current term)
detribalize
detribalized
detribalizes
detribalizing
detriment
detrimental
detrimentally
detrimentals
detriments
detrita
detrital
detrition
detritions
detritivore

Literary usage of Detribalization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Diprotodon to detribalization. Studies of Change among Australian Aborigines. Arnold R. Pilling and Richard A. Waterman, Eds. Michigan State University ..."

2. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1903)
"Such differences as do exist are due, not so much to racial variation, as to the amount of detribalization which has taken place. In some cases, the natives ..."

3. Studies in the Politics of Aristotle and the Republic of Plato by Isaac Althaus Loos (1899)
"In Spanish America, therefore, no extensive exploitation or rapid detribalization of natives took place. The economic dependence of the Spaniards upon the ..."

4. Urbanisation: South Africa's Challenge by Derik Gelderblom, Pieter Kok (1994)
"Urbanization, detribalization and stabilization in Southern Africa: a problem of definition and measurement. International African Institute. Paris: UNESCO. ..."

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