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tribal
[ trahy-buhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
tribal customs in Indonesia.
- 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.
ˈٰ
/ ˈٰɪə /
adjective
- of or denoting a tribe or tribes
tribal chiefs in northern Yemen
- displaying loyalty to a tribe, group, or tribal values
the tribal loyalties of Labour MPs
Derived Forms
- ˈٰly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰa· adverb
- ԴDz·ٰa adjective
- ܲȴ-ٰa adjective
- ܲ·ٰa adjective
Example Sentences
The USDA’s program began doling out grants to states and tribal governments in 2022, in an attempt to decentralize and diversify food supply chains after the strain of the pandemic.
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.
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".
Living with some of the world's most remote tribal communities has changed filmmaker and indigenous right activist Bruce Parry.
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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