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tribal

[ trahy-buhl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:

    tribal customs in Indonesia.

  2. designating, characterized by, or relating to a strong sense of loyalty to one’s own tribe, party, or group:

    Tribal politics can be divisive and counterproductive.



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adjective

  1. of or denoting a tribe or tribes

    tribal chiefs in northern Yemen

  2. displaying loyalty to a tribe, group, or tribal values

    the tribal loyalties of Labour MPs

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù°ù¾±²ú²¹±ôly, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù¾±²úa±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù¾±²úa±ô adjective
  • ±ç³Ü²¹î€È´¾±-³Ù°ù¾±²úa±ô adjective
  • ²õ³Ü²ú·³Ù°ù¾±²úa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tribal1

First recorded in 1625–35; tribe + -al 1
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Example Sentences

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Why it should infect nations that are prosperous, ostensibly well educated, and with civil societies that have supposedly developed beyond tribal superstition is a mystery that has never been explained.

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Survival International, a group that advocates for the rights of tribal people, said the alleged act endangered the man's own life and the lives of the tribe, calling it "deeply disturbing".

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Living with some of the world's most remote tribal communities has changed filmmaker and indigenous right activist Bruce Parry.

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Through these depictions, the show tries to tell the histories of the nomadic, tribal and agrarian communities for whom resilient survival was the leitmotif and cloth a way of narrating their marginalised experiences.

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Balochistan became a part of Pakistan in 1948, in the upheaval that followed the partition of British India - and in spite of opposition from some influential tribal leaders, who sought an independent state.

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