DETRIBALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they detribalize ... he / she / it detribalizes

Past simple: detribalized

Past participle: detribalized

-ing form: detribalizing

Meaning:

Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

Synonyms:

detribalise; detribalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "detribalize" is one way to...):

acculturate (assimilate culturally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

detribalization (the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living)