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tribalism
[ trahy-buh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- strong loyalty to one's own tribe, party, or group:
the tribalism of New Yorkers.
tribalism
/ ˈtraɪbəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- the state of existing as a separate tribe or tribes
- the customs and beliefs of a tribal society
- loyalty to a tribe or tribal values
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Derived Forms
- ˌtribalˈistic, adjective
- ˈtribalist, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- tribal·ist noun
- tribal·istic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tribalism1
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Example Sentences
Nadia's parents emigrated to England from Pakistan during the 1970s, and they brought tribalism with them.
They have their various neighborhood, civic, recreational and national identities, none of which are defined by Jewish tribalism.
Their tribalism makes them instinctive defenders of Israeli action.
This newly shaped global brain can topple the traditional barriers of religion, tribalism, nationalism, and political oppression.
Sometimes feminism seems just a form of tribalism: the woman is always right, especially when she's wrong.
A strange compound of feudalism with tribalism ensued, in the shape of mongrel chieftaincies, henceforth the predominant powers.
Treitschke is the prophet of tribalism, Nietzsche of ruthlessness, Bernhardi of ambition.
But the Celtic state did not emerge from tribalism in Britain; the Celtic heroes were always tribal heroes.
Christianity was the first expression of world religion, the first complete repudiation of tribalism and war and disputation.
But for his pigheaded tribalism, Rachel would have been alive to-day.
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