detribalizev.
/diːˈtrʌɪbəlʌɪz/ transitive. To render (a person) no longer a member of a tribe; to destroy the tribal habits of.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > render tribal [verb (transitive)] > destroy tribal habits of
detribalize1927
1927 Public Opinion 272/1 White men have detribalised him.
1955 Times 20 Aug. 7/4 It is not only the intelligentsia who are detribalized, but thousands of men, of all levels of education and intelligence, who have left their reserves to seek employment in Nairobi and elsewhere.
1969 Guardian 7 July 9/5 Tom Mboya chose..to detribalise himself.
Derivatives
deˈtribalized adj.
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1920 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 397 Numbers of natives who, through living in close contact with the settlers have become quite detribalised.
1925 Glasgow Herald 25 Apr. 8 The African National Congress..is a very small body composed principally of detribalised natives.
1944 Archit. Rev. 96 106/4 There is the Bantu tradition—the cultural unity of a tribal society which still persists or to which the detribalized African is still close, if only in time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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