tribal

ˈtɹaɪbəl

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#1·15h ago

Of or relating to tribes.

social order through tribal law

Origin: From . , first attested in the 1630s. The specific adjectival sense under the defunct theory of recapitulation derives from tribal history as an overly literal ; ordinarily, Stamm would only be translated as tribe when used in its ethnographic sense. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·15h ago

Based on or organized according to tribes.

‘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.’

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#3·15h ago

(historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) Phylogenic.

a tribal society

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