pretribal

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adjective

Before the development of tribes.

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Meanings

adjectivepretribal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore the development of tribes.

    His social habits were still pretribal. The fairly large dwellings used by the Neanderthal men indicate that their hunting groups and settlements included large numbers of participants and their families.

    1949, Peter I. Lyashchenko, History of the National Economy of Russia to the 1917 Revolution, page 26

Origin

From pre- + tribal.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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