tribalistn.adj.
a. A tribesman. rare.
ΚΠ
1888 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII.
b. An advocate or practitioner of tribalism (sense b). Also attributive or as adj. (cf. tribalistic adj.).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > loyalty to one's tribe > one who advocates
tribalist1960
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to clan, fraternity, tribe, etc. > one who
tribalist1960
1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. iv/4 Opponents have accused him of being a tribalist.
1970 J. D. Caute Fanon vi. 70 The Nationalist Parties drove the political opposition into retrograde, tribalist forms.
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n.adj.1888