| 释义 |
detribalize, v.|diːˈtraɪbəlaɪz|
[f. de- + tribal a. + -ize.]
trans. To render (a person) no longer a member of a tribe; to destroy the tribal habits of. So deˈtribalized ppl. a.
1920Contemp. Rev. Sept. 397 Numbers of natives who, through living in close contact with the settlers have become quite detribalised. 1925Glasgow Herald 25 Apr. 8 The African National Congress..is a very small body composed principally of detribalised natives. 1927Public Opinion 272/1 White men have detribalised him. 1944Archit. Rev. XCVI. 106/4 There is the Bantu tradition—the cultural unity of a tribal society which still persists or to which the detribalized African is still close, if only in time. 1955Times 20 Aug. 7/4 It is not only the intelligentsia who are detribalized, but thousands of men, of all levels of education and intelligence, who have left their reserves to seek employment in Nairobi and elsewhere. 1969Guardian 7 July 9/5 Tom Mboya chose..to detribalise himself. |