Definitions

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  • noun the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis

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Examples

  • This set a bad precedent, he said, because such tribalisation could be extended to the appointment of civil servants and diplomats as well as jobs in the army and police in the Democratic

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • I guess the commoditisation of music through the explosion in popularity of the 45 and 33 rpm discs in the 1960s and the tribalisation of popular music which happened then will have also contributed to the rise of the phenomenon.

    Word Magazine - Comments Thomas the Rhymer 2010

  • I guess the commoditisation of music through the explosion in popularity of the 45 and 33 rpm discs in the 1960s and the tribalisation of popular music which happened then will have also contributed to the rise of the phenomenon.

    Word Magazine - Comments Mike_H 2010

  • I guess the commoditisation of music through the explosion in popularity of the 45 and 33 rpm discs in the 1960s and the tribalisation of popular music which happened then will have also contributed to the rise of the phenomenon.

    Word Magazine - Comments Mike_H 2010

  • The tribalisation of Jamaica has happened because we have not educated our people to think for themselves, to read for themselves about their boundless possibilities.

    JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories 2009

  • The dichotomisation of Palestinians on the one hand and Jews on the other is a false dichotomy introduced to the discourse by zionist ethnicisation (or you might say tribalisation) of the conflict.

    BobFromBrockley 2009

  • The tribalisation of Jamaica has happened because we have not educated our people to think for themselves, to read for themselves about their boundless possibilities.

    JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories 2009

  • Jamaica and the media should reject daggering and the tribalisation of dancehall into 'Gaza' and 'Gully' camps says L'Antoinette Stines founder of L'acadco dancers.

    Jammin Reggae Archives 2009

  • The tribalisation of Jamaica has happened because we have not educated our people to think for themselves, to read for themselves about their boundless possibilities.

    JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories 2009

  • The tribalisation of Jamaica has happened because we have not educated our people to think for themselves, to read for themselves about their boundless possibilities.

    JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories 2009

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