detribalization
/di:,traibəlai'zeiʃn/
Definition
Noun: 1. The decline or termination of tribal organization: The process by which the traditional social, political, and cultural structures of a tribe weaken or disappear. 2. The act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living: A deliberate policy or social process that encourages or forces members of a tribe to leave their traditional lifestyle and integrate into a non-tribal, often urban, society.
Examples of Usage
- The rapid detribalization in the region was accelerated by industrialization and migration to cities.
- Government policies of forced detribalization aimed to assimilate indigenous populations into the national culture.
- Scholars study the effects of detribalization on language preservation and community identity.
Advanced Usage
- Cultural detribalization: Often refers specifically to the loss of cultural practices, languages, and knowledge systems as a result of this process.
- The film documents the cultural detribalization experienced by the community over two generations.
Variants and Related Words
- Detribalize (verb): To cause detribalization.
- Policies that sought to detribalize the population had long-lasting effects.
- Retribalization (noun): A reverse process where people re-emphasize tribal identities and structures, often in response to detribalization.
Synonyms
- Assimilation: The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas; the process of becoming similar to others (often used in a cultural context).
- Acculturation: Cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture.
- Integration: The process of combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole.
Antonyms
- Tribalization: The act or process of forming or becoming a tribe; the preservation or strengthening of tribal organization and identity.
Noun
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the decline or termination of tribal organization
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the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
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