Meanings
verbtribalize (third-person singular simple present tribalizes, present participle tribalizing, simple past and past participle tribalized)
present singular third person tribalizes · participle present tribalizing · participle past tribalized · past tribalized · alternative tribalise
- transitiveTo make tribal.
And it may, indeed, be the only way to go, but we should have no illusions: We’re talking State Building 101 in the most inhospitable terrain and in one of the poorest, most tribalized, countries in the world.
2009 September 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Baby-Sitting to Adoption”, in New York Times
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APA
tribalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribalize
MLA
“tribalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tribalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribalize.
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