detribalization

/di:,traibəlai'zeiʃn/
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detribalization

The process of detribalization often involves younger generations moving to cities for work.

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.
detribalization

The process of detribalization often involves younger generations moving to cities for work.

Noun
  1. the decline or termination of tribal organization
  2. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living

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