verb
- causing to lose tribal identity, customs, or social organization
Usage: present participle of detribalize; anthropological/sociological context
Examples
- The government’s policies were detribalizing indigenous communities.
- Modern education systems risk detribalizing traditional societies.
- Urban migration is detribalizing many rural populations.
- The documentary explored how colonization was detribalizing native peoples.
- Economic development projects are detribalizing local communities.
- Globalization has a detribalizing effect on isolated cultures.