detribalized

detribalized

English

Alternative forms

• detribalised (UK)

Verb

detribalized

1. simple past tense and past participle of detribalize

Adjective

detribalized (comparative more detribalized, superlative most detribalized)

1. Detached from one's tribe, or from tribal traditions.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 272:

     “We don't belong any more, man. You're just as bloody detribalised as I am.”