tribal
adjEtymology
From Latin tribālis. By surface analysis, tribe + -al, first attested in the 1630s. The specific adjectival sense under the defunct theory of recapitulation derives from tribal history as an overly literal learned borrowing from German Stammesgeschichte; ordinarily, Stamm would only be translated as tribe when used in its ethnographic sense.
- learned borrowing from Stammesgeschichte
- borrowed from tribālis
Definitions
Of or relating to tribes.
- social order through tribal law
- ‘What has he done?’ ‘Oh, killed a few natives. That wouldn’t count so much if it was all ‘tribal’; but he’s ‘gone cheeky’ and threatens wholesale murder. My job is to grab him before he slaughters more.’
Based on or organized according to tribes.
- a tribal society
Phylogenic.
- tribal history
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Incorporating designs or styles typical of an indigenous people.
- tribal techno music
- a purse with a tribal design
A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples
A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo.
A member of a tribe.
- This right had been accepted by relative tribals but misobeyed and effaced by non-tribals and foreign peasants.
- […] the legendary Adivasi leader Jaipal Singh Munda who came to represent the tribals not just of his native plateau, but also of all of India […]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tribal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tribal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at tribal
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA