Detribalize (Verb)
Meaning
Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government's policy of relocation was aimed at detribalizing the indigenous people, stripping them of their cultural roots and assimilating them into the modern society.
- Forced assimilation can detribalize entire communities by suppressing their unique customs and traditions.
- By erasing the tribe's history, the colonizers hoped to detribalize its members and turn them into loyal subjects.
- Urbanization often detribalizes rural communities, removing their connection to ancestral lands and spiritual practices.
- The aftermath of the war saw an attempt to detribalize the native population by imposing foreign languages and values.