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detribalizing

detribalizing is the present participle and gerund of detribalize.

Meaning of detribalize

Verb

detribalize (third-person singular simple present detribalizes, present participle detribalizing, simple past and past participle detribalized)

  1. (transitive) To cause (the members of a tribe) to lose their tribal culture.

Questions about detribalizing

What is detribalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Detribalizing is the present participle and gerund of detribalize.

Words near detribalizing in the dictionary

  1. detribalising
  2. detribalization
  3. detribalize
  4. detribalized
  5. detribalizes
  6. detribalizing
  7. detriment
  8. detrimental
  9. detrimentality
  10. detrimentally
  11. detrimentalness

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