retribalizationn.
/riːˌtrʌɪbəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /riːˌtrʌɪbl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌtraɪbələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /riˌtraɪbəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of retribalize v.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > tribal system
tribalism1886
retribalization1959
1959 M. McLuhan Let. 16 May (1987) 255 We are accomplishing our retribalization by the simultaneous, by the electronic, which tends to put us in a kind of auditory world..in which the Intuitive Man takes precedence over the Analytic Man.
1964 R. Segal in G. Mbeki Peasant's Revolt 8 Apartheid..was faced with the problem not of stopping any further African detribalization, but of actually engaging in a new and massive campaign..of retribalization.
1970 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 19 i. 152 The general retribalisation designs of the present régime.
2000 Cultural Survival Q. Fall 74/1 Leaders argued vigorously for the retribalization of ANCSA land as a means to protect Native land from alienation and taxation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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