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de·trib·al·ize

(dē-trī′bə-līz′)
tr.v. de·trib·al·ized, de·trib·al·iz·ing, de·trib·al·iz·es
To cause to lose tribal membership and customs.

de·trib′al·i·za′tion (-trī′bə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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detribalize

(diːˈtraɪbəˌlaɪz) or

detribalise

vb (tr)
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their characteristic customs or social, religious, or other organizational features
2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) to cause (tribal people) to adopt urban ways of life
deˌtribaliˈzation, deˌtribaliˈsation n
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de•trib•al•ize

(diˈtraɪ bəˌlaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to cause to lose tribal allegiances.
[1915–20]
de•trib`al•i•za′tion, n.
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detribalize


Past participle: detribalized
Gerund: detribalizing

Imperative
detribalize
detribalize
Present
I detribalize
you detribalize
he/she/it detribalizes
we detribalize
you detribalize
they detribalize
Preterite
I detribalized
you detribalized
he/she/it detribalized
we detribalized
you detribalized
they detribalized
Present Continuous
I am detribalizing
you are detribalizing
he/she/it is detribalizing
we are detribalizing
you are detribalizing
they are detribalizing
Present Perfect
I have detribalized
you have detribalized
he/she/it has detribalized
we have detribalized
you have detribalized
they have detribalized
Past Continuous
I was detribalizing
you were detribalizing
he/she/it was detribalizing
we were detribalizing
you were detribalizing
they were detribalizing
Past Perfect
I had detribalized
you had detribalized
he/she/it had detribalized
we had detribalized
you had detribalized
they had detribalized
Future
I will detribalize
you will detribalize
he/she/it will detribalize
we will detribalize
you will detribalize
they will detribalize
Future Perfect
I will have detribalized
you will have detribalized
he/she/it will have detribalized
we will have detribalized
you will have detribalized
they will have detribalized
Future Continuous
I will be detribalizing
you will be detribalizing
he/she/it will be detribalizing
we will be detribalizing
you will be detribalizing
they will be detribalizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been detribalizing
you have been detribalizing
he/she/it has been detribalizing
we have been detribalizing
you have been detribalizing
they have been detribalizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been detribalizing
you will have been detribalizing
he/she/it will have been detribalizing
we will have been detribalizing
you will have been detribalizing
they will have been detribalizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been detribalizing
you had been detribalizing
he/she/it had been detribalizing
we had been detribalizing
you had been detribalizing
they had been detribalizing
Conditional
I would detribalize
you would detribalize
he/she/it would detribalize
we would detribalize
you would detribalize
they would detribalize
Past Conditional
I would have detribalized
you would have detribalized
he/she/it would have detribalized
we would have detribalized
you would have detribalized
they would have detribalized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. detribalize - cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
acculturate - assimilate culturally
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Translations

detribalize

vtdie Stammesstruktur auflösen in (+dat); as Africa becomes increasingly detribalizedmit dem zunehmenden Verfall der Stammesstruktur in Afrika
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It was the old man who through sheer determination finally removed the heavy yoke of the inept Kenya Football Association (KFA) and formed the Kenya Football Federation (KFF).He was the same person who worked on detribalising football in this country and saw the formation of Breweries Football Club (now Tusker FC).
As a postcolonial writer, Mphahlele appears to play a significant role in demonstrating that the distinctive identity of Africans as a broad cultural cluster, encompassing even those of the diaspora, continues in fundamental ways to preserve itself in the same way it did on a world scale in prehistoric times, through the Renaissance, through Enlightenment and through the European "scramble for Africa"; and on the South African terrain through detribalising threats of the 1950s when mass urban influx started to be a remarkable feature of society.

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