Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a tribe; characteristic of a tribe: as, tribal organization; tribal customs; a tribal community.
- In biology, of or pertaining to phyla or other broad divisions of the animal kingdom: as, tribal history (that is phylogeny, as distinguished from germ-history or ontogeny).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to,
tribes - adjective Based on or
organized according to tribes. - noun A
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a tribe
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Examples
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The way we use the word tribal here communicates what the majority of people about 75 percent have in common: they are usually most successful and satisfied working with and through other people as members of an organization, group, or “tribe.”
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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The way we use the word tribal here communicates what the majority of people about 75 percent have in common: they are usually most successful and satisfied working with and through other people as members of an organization, group, or “tribe.”
Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008
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Each of these identities creates what I call a tribal information boundary (TIB).
Valerie Tarico: Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 5.5 of 6 2009
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So now, they have very safe sanctuaries in Pakistan, which is doing virtually nothing to stop them from organizing to fight in Afghanistan, and they're also benefiting from what you referred to as tribal conflict in northern Afghanistan, which shows that the government is not coherent.
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In one version, Alexander used what he describes as a tribal drum beat to represent the rotation of the sun, and he layered the voice of a singer (his sister) to represent the charge state of carbon atoms, for example.
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But they also have made clear to Pakistani officials they expect tangible results, and they threatened that current cash payments to Pakistan could be reduced if things don't improve in tribal areas such as North Waziristan.
U.S. Seeks Wider CIA Role Julian E. Barnes 2010
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U.S. officials say they hope the new aid could effectively eliminate Pakistan's objections that it doesn't have the equipment needed to launch more operations in tribal areas.
U.S. Plans Increased Military Aid for Pakistan Adam Entous 2010
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I really thought Parvati had swung the votes away from Courtney, but that was really the only surprise in tribal council.
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So tribal is British politics that a non-partisan response to this predicament is near impossible.
Pleading with banks won't do. Osborne needs a plan B Simon Jenkins 2010
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They will also deal with Pakistan's military response to militants in tribal areas in the country's north.
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