Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tribalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trib-al-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make tribal.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And it may, indeed, be the only way to go, but we should have no illusions: We’re talking State Building 101 in the most inhospitable terrain and in one of the poorest, most tribalized, countries in the world."

Etymology

From tribal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tribal

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

tribalizes (present, singular) tribalizing (participle, present) tribalized (participle, past) tribalized (past) tribalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

retribalize untribalized

Frequently Paired Words

tribalization untribalized

Antonyms

detribalize

Questions

What does tribalize mean?: To make tribal.
Where does tribalize come from?: From tribal + -ize.

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