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DETRIBALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detribalise mean? 

DETRIBALISE (verb)
  The verb DETRIBALISE has 1 sense:

1. cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identityplay

  Familiarity information: DETRIBALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DETRIBALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they detribalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it detribalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: detribalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: detribalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: detribalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

detribalise; detribalize

Hypernyms (to "detribalise" is one way to...):

acculturate (assimilate culturally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

detribalisation (the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living)


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