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detribalize
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de·trib·al·ize  (d-trb-lz)
tr.v. de·trib·al·ized, de·trib·al·iz·ing, de·trib·al·iz·es
To cause to lose tribal membership and customs.
de·tribal·i·zation (-trb-l-zshn) n.
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Verb1.detribalize - cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
detribalise
acculturate - assimilate culturally
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I applaud the reformers of Vatican II who bravely detribalized their church, eliminating the old dietary folderol, dispensing with Latin, normalizing religious dress, licensing most intermarriage, and--by integrating the church into the larger society--turning their loaf into at least the promise of leaven.
What If .. by Miles, Jack / Commonweal
This cry was raised by devotees of the "culture cult", as Roger Sandall called it in his 2001 book of that name: people who want the Native Americans, Canada's First Nation, Australia's Aborigines, the Maori and all the dispossessed and detribalized of the world to hive off from modern civilization, to refuse assimilation and to cling to the tattered remnants of their ancient cultures.
Requiem for a genocide by McInnes, Neil / The National Interest
Anderson indicated that the situation today fit the traditional pattern of reassessment, defection, and realignment, with the added burdens of a detribalized Pushtan population and an outside power manipulating the situation.
The Taliban in Afghanistan. (College Campus Activism) by Powell, Sara / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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