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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

  • ˈٰly, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٰa· adverb
  • ԴDz·ٰa adjective
  • ܲȴ-ٰa adjective
  • ܲ·ٰa adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tribal1

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

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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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