tribalism

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being tribal.
2. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe.
3. (countable, uncountable) The tendency among human beings to form socially cohesive groups within which there exists social pressure upon the individual to conform to either common behaviors, customs, habits, mores and/or norms, and which groups exhibit greater or lesser degrees of exclusivism.

Synonyms

clannishness

ethnocentrism

Translations

Tribalismus

tribalismo

φυλετισμός

tribalisme

tribalisme

tribalismo

tribalismo

sistema tribal

ethnocentrisme

عشائري

قبلِيّة

Stammessystem

القبليّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/

Etymology

From tribal + -ism.