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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living;
[syn: detribalization, detribalisation]

2. the decline or termination of tribal organization;
[syn: detribalization, detribalisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

detribalization \detribalization\ n. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living. Syn: detribalisation. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

detribalization n 1: the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living [syn: detribalization, detribalisation] 2: the decline or termination of tribal organization [syn: detribalization, detribalisation] [ant: tribalisation, tribalization]