detribalized

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adjective

Detached from one's tribe, or from tribal traditions.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verb

alternative detribalised

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of detribalize
adjectivedetribalized (comparative more detribalized, superlative most detribalized)

comparative more detribalized · superlative most detribalized · alternative detribalised

  1. Detached from one's tribe, or from tribal traditions.

    “We don't belong any more, man. You're just as bloody detribalised as I am.”

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 272
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APA

detribalized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detribalized

MLA

“detribalized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detribalized. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detribalized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detribalized.

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