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    DETRIBALIZATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The decline or termination of tribal organizationplay

    Synonyms:

    detribalisation; detribalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    detribalisation; detribalization

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    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)

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