detribalise

Questions about detribalise

What does detribalise mean?

detribalise means "cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity".

How many syllables are in detribalise?

detribalise has 4 syllables and divides as de-tri-ba-lise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for detribalise?

Close synonyms include detribalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is detribalise a common word?

detribalise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.