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DETRIBALISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The decline or termination of tribal organization
Synonyms:
detribalisation; detribalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("detribalisation" is a kind of...):
disunion (the termination or destruction of union)
Antonym:
tribalisation (the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
Synonyms:
detribalisation; detribalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("detribalisation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Derivation:
detribalise (cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity)
