detribalization
(diːˌtraɪbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən)
[f. next.]
The process of becoming detribalized (see next).
| 1928 R. L. Buell Native Probl. Afr. II. 1064/1 Detribalization, Belgian Congo. 1941 G. Wilson (title) Essay on the economics of detribalization in Northern Rhodesia (Rhodes–Livingstone Papers No. 5). 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 131/3 It is their [sc. West Indians'] detribalization and assimilation into White life which has paradoxically made them more self-aware..of their African-ness. |