What is another word for tribalism?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈa͡ɪbəlˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Tribalism refers to the loyalties, attitudes, and behaviors associated with membership in a tribe or social group. However, there are several synonymous terms available that can be used instead of tribalism. These synonyms include factionalism, sectionalism, factional loyalty, clannishness, and groupism. All of these terms are used to describe the same social phenomena that lead to the formation of groups based on shared identity markers such as ethnicity, religion, or nationality. Tribalism, therefore, is just one term among several that describe the social tendency to form groups based on identity and shared norms, values, and attitudes.

What are the hypernyms for Tribalism?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Tribalism?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for tribalism (as nouns)

Usage examples for Tribalism

Its threats terrified; its mandates were obeyed; it was the one persistent, binding principle; it held men in check from a relapse into tribalism.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
But the Celtic state did not emerge from tribalism in Britain; the Celtic heroes were always tribal heroes.
"Folklore as an Historical Science"
George Laurence Gomme
tribalism seems slightly to cling to his conception of the just gathered in Abraham's bosom.
"The Religious Situation"
Goldwin Smith

Famous quotes with Tribalism

  • You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism.
    Stanley Crouch
  • You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.
    Alexander Haig
  • Tribal behavior is more deeply ingrained than are mere cultural prescriptions. Its longevity and stability point strongly to a genetic basis. This is hardly surprising, given that tribes are the default human social institution. The inbuilt nature of tribalism explains why it took so many thousands of years for East Asians and later Europeans to break free of its deadening embrace.
    Nicholas Wade
  • Monotheism is essentially inimical to tribalism: it demands that a people unite in a single community.
    Karen Armstrong
  • As the months of agony advanced, there was bred in the warring peoples a genuine and even passionate will for peace and a united world. Out of the conflict of the tribes arose, at least for a while, a spirit loftier than tribalism. But this fervour lacked as yet clear guidance, lacked even the courage of conviction.
    Olaf Stapledon

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