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tribe
  1. A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
  2. (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
    1. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
  3. The collective noun for various animals.
  4. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
  5. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “For the moment, scavenging was good and members of the tribe were eating well.”
      “You can then build a tribe of followers worldwide who eagerly await your next book.”
tribalism
  1. The condition of being tribal
  2. A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Are patriotism and nationalism even relevant anymore, or is this another form of tribalism?”
      “The debilitating disease of prejudice and tribalism is alive and spreading among our brothers and sisters.”
      “Money is a balm that eases people's shame, and a corrosive that erodes the bonds of tribalism.”
tribality
  1. The quality of being tribal.
  2. A tribal group; a tribe.
tribal
  1. A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo
tribesperson
tribalist
  1. A person who identifies with, or has loyalty to a tribe or similar group
  2. Examples:
    1. “This message must be loud and clear to anyone with imperialistic and tribalist agendas!”
      “I suspect this barrier, too, will fail, and when it does it will be a sign of the final fading of tribalist thinking.”
      “The ensuing effect is the nation's return to the tribalist primitivism of the past.”
tribespeople
  1. A tribal race of people.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The tribespeople gathered around the bonfire, sharing stories and traditions passed down through generations.”
      “The shy monkey species was already known to local tribespeople called the Wanyakyusa.”
      “The tribespeople may smile in return, showing the anthropologists that they share the same feeling.”
tribespeople
  1. The people who belong to a tribe.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The tribespeople gathered around the bonfire, sharing stories and traditions passed down through generations.”
      “The shy monkey species was already known to local tribespeople called the Wanyakyusa.”
      “The tribespeople may smile in return, showing the anthropologists that they share the same feeling.”
tribesman
  1. A (usually male) member of a tribe.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Abu, an African tribesman, befriends Harry after saving him from certain death and speaks perfect English.”
      “The fireball would have stretched high into the sky, and the local Evenki tribesman must have thought that the world was coming to an end.”
      “A naked Dinka tribesman with a Kalashnikov over his shoulder is not an unusual sight.”
tribalization
  1. Process of tribalizing.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The polarization and tribalization in today's politics may exacerbate this loss of confidence or contribute to it, or both.”
      “Given the tribalization of political discourse that tends to follow the collapse of such cosmopolitan systems, it's hard to not empathize.”
      “Under apartheid especially, economic control and labor regulation formed a central part of tribalization.”
tribemate
  1. A member of the same tribe.
tribeswoman
  1. A female member of a tribe.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The traveller was captivated by the postcard carrying a picture of a tattooed tribeswoman smoking a pipe.”
      “Keith meets an outspoken tribeswoman from Ethiopia whose traditional way of life is under threat.”
      “With gray hair and full body tattoos, the actress is briefly seen as an old Maori tribeswoman held as a slave.”
tribespeoples
tribespersons
tribeswomen
  1. plural of tribeswoman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He hoped Ursula would be accepted by the tribeswomen and be able to learn about their guarded rituals.”
      “We lay fully clothed on adjacent mattresses while laughing tribeswomen ironed every kink out of our puffy Western bodies.”
      “Three Ndebele tribeswomen have travelled to London from their remote South African villages to bring their distinctive art to the Golden Jubilee.”
tribesmen
  1. plural of tribesman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “From the color of their sarongs and the way they wear their machetes in a shoulder scabbard, I know they are Naga tribesmen.”
      “After a successful campaign by the United States Army, the defeated tribesmen were forced to surrender at the agencies.”
      “In 149 the tribesmen again raided, but this time a Punic army followed them and destroyed their camps.”
tribalisms
  1. plural of tribalism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This attempt appeals most fundamentally to the possibility that we might bootstrap ourselves out of our tribalisms by cultivating the moral imagination.”
tribalists
  1. plural of tribalist
  2. Examples:
    1. “A vast number of them are primitive tribalists at best and racists at worst.”
      “Since the war began, Sunnis generally have been perceived as Baathists, disgruntled tribalists, or Islamist terrorists.”
      “Many interviewees in this study stated that they were not feminists or tribalists and, moreover, appeared hostile to that philosophy.”
tribemates
  1. plural of tribemate
tribalities
  1. plural of tribality
tribals
  1. plural of tribal
  2. Examples:
    1. “Access to products like mahua, tendu leaf and edible gum is a matter of life and death to the tribals.”
      “The screening is aimed at creating a public awareness about the nationwide fight of the tribals.”
      “Hence, the STF had shifted its focus and concentrated mainly on winning the faith and confidence of tribals.”
tribes
  1. plural of tribe
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is possible to manage without a gentile system. Many ethnoi are divided into tribes and clans.”
      “This leaves for consideration of this group of small tribes, or subtribes, so far as mapped by the writer quoted, the Teule, Cazcan, and Tecuexe.”
      “No. 4 represents the country occupied by the tribes speaking the Darkinung, Wannerawa, Warrimee, Wannungine, Dharrook and some other dialects.”
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