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DETRIBALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they detribalise ... he / she / it detribalises
Past simple: detribalised
Past participle: detribalised
-ing form: detribalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
Synonyms:
detribalise; detribalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "detribalise" is one way to...):
acculturate (assimilate culturally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
detribalisation (the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living)
