Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of detribalization.
Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea .
2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
nounthe decline or termination of tribal organization
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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detribalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detribalisation
“detribalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detribalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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