| detribalization | (n) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living, Syn. detribalisation |
| detribalization | (n) the decline or termination of tribal organization, Syn. detribalisation, Ant. tribalization, tribalisation |
| detribalize | (v) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity, Syn. detribalise |
| intertribal | (adj) between or among tribes, Example: intertribal warfare |
| tribal | (adj) relating to or characteristic of a tribe, Example: tribal customs |
| tribalism | (n) the state of living together in tribes |
| tribalism | (n) the beliefs of a tribal society |
| tribalization | (n) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis, Syn. tribalisation, Ant. detribalization, detribalisation |
| tribal society | (n) a society with the social organization of a tribe |
| headman | (n) the head of a tribe or clan, Syn. tribal chief, chief, chieftain |
| sheik | (n) the leader of an Arab village or family, Syn. tribal sheik, Arab chief, tribal sheikh, sheikh |
| 部族 | [bù zú, ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ, 部 族] tribe; tribal #21,911 [Add to Longdo] |
| 酋长 | [qiú zhǎng, ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄤˇ, 酋 长 / 酋 長] headman (of primitive people); tribal chief; used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir #22,815 [Add to Longdo] |
| 派性 | [pài xìng, ㄆㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ, 派 性] factionalism; tribalism #31,974 [Add to Longdo] |
| 酋 | [qiú, ㄑㄧㄡˊ, 酋] tribal chief #45,567 [Add to Longdo] |
| 五帝 | [wǔ dì, ㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ, 五 帝] Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜, See also: 黃帝, 黄帝, 顓頊, 颛顼, 帝嚳, 帝喾, 唐堯, 唐尧, 虞舜 #62,446 [Add to Longdo] |
