Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being tribal.

    Tribalismus

    трайбали́змtrajbalízm, трибали́змtribalízm

    the beliefs of a tribal society

  2. (countable, uncountable)A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe.

    Stammesdenken, Stammesbewusstsein, Stammesmentalität

  3. (countable, uncountable)The tendency among human beings to form socially cohesive groups within which there exists social pressure upon the individual to conform to either common behaviors, customs, habits, mores and/or norms, and which groups exhibit greater or lesser degrees of exclusivism.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Many people say tribalism is human nature.

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  2. Shame on you! You still believe in primitive tribalism!

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the condition of being tribal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the condition of being tribal:
a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe:

Forms

plural: tribalisms
Singulartribalism
Pluraltribalisms

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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