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    DETRIBALIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they detribalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it detribalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: detribalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: detribalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: detribalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identityplay

    Synonyms:

    detribalise; detribalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "detribalize" is one way to...):

    acculturate (assimilate culturally)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    detribalization (the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living)

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