adjective
- having lost or been removed from traditional tribal customs, social structures, or cultural identity
Usage: anthropological; sociological
Examples
- Many Native Americans became detribalized after being forced into boarding schools.
- The detribalized communities struggled to maintain their cultural heritage.
- Government policies led to detribalized populations losing their ancestral languages.
- Urban migration often resulted in detribalized individuals adapting to modern society.
- The detribalized youth had little knowledge of their traditional ceremonies.
- Anthropologists studied the effects of colonization on detribalized peoples.