Detribalisation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  detribalisation \detribalisation\ n.
     same as {detribalization}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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