detribalized
English
editAlternative forms
edit- detribalised (UK)
Verb
editdetribalized
- simple past and past participle of detribalize
Adjective
editdetribalized (comparative more detribalized, superlative most detribalized)
- Detached from one's tribe, or from tribal traditions.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 272:
- “We don't belong any more, man. You're just as bloody detribalised as I am.”