DETRIBALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detribalization mean? 

• DETRIBALIZATION (noun)
  The noun DETRIBALIZATION has 2 senses:

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

2. the decline or termination of tribal organization

  Familiarity information: DETRIBALIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DETRIBALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

detribalisation; detribalization

Hypernyms ("detribalization" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Derivation:

detribalize (cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The decline or termination of tribal organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

detribalisation; detribalization

Hypernyms ("detribalization" is a kind of...):

disunion (the termination or destruction of union)

Antonym:

tribalization (the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis)