What does TRIBAL mean?
Definitions for TRIBAL
ˈtraɪ bəltrib·al
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Princeton's WordNet
tribaladjective
relating to or characteristic of a tribe
"tribal customs"
Wiktionary
tribalnoun
A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo
tribaladjective
Of, or relating to, tribes
tribaladjective
Based on or organized according to tribes.
ChatGPT
tribal
Tribal refers to anything relating to or characteristic of a group of people who share common customs, beliefs, and traditions, oftentimes living together in collective communities or tribes. This usually involves a shared language, culture, and social structure. The term can also refer to the political and social organization of these groups. "Tribal" may also describe behaviors or attitudes that manifest strong loyalty to one's own social group. In modern times, the term can also refer to specific styles of art, fashion, or music that draw inspiration from traditional tribal cultures.
Webster Dictionary
Tribaladjective
of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of TRIBAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of TRIBAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of TRIBAL in a Sentence
It was a brief and private conversation but I understand that she did apologize for causing confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship and the harm that has resulted.
I think the President Joe Biden administration has acknowledged the need to engage with tribal nations, but I think they need to be reminded that the time is now, and also that we need to be a part of the decision making.
When a place gets so tribal that the two tribes won't have anything to do with each other... that jealousy turns into hate, and we saw what happened to the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda, it turned into a genocide. A million-people hacked to death within a few months. And we have got to watch what's happening here.
We are frequently faced with that misrepresentation or that warrior savage imagery that our ancestors were killed for, generally, we are represented as artifacts, people that aren't really real... but we are very much still a part of our tribal communities. We are living, breathing, evolving people just like any other group of people and we'd like to be recognized as that.
We are a tribal society, we have our customs and traditions and nobody can contravene them.
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Translations for TRIBAL
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- tribalCatalan, Valencian
- Stammes-German
- φυλήςGreek
- tribalSpanish
- tribalGalician
- kesukuanIndonesian
- tribaleItalian
- stammeNorwegian
- plemiennyPolish
- tribalPortuguese
- tribalRomanian
- племеннойRussian
- plȅmenskīSerbo-Croatian
- பழங்குடிTamil
- tribütikVolapük
- 部落的Chinese
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