Used in a Sentence

tribalistic

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tribalistic.

Editorial note

The nation is a body of people bound together by tribalistic xenophobia.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Pertaining to tribalism.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tribalistic gathered in one view.

adjective

Pertaining to tribalism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tribalistic.

adjective

Pertaining to tribalism.

Example sentences

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The nation is a body of people bound together by tribalistic xenophobia.

2

Overcoming that bias, to see humanity in its current state as basically a selfish tribalistic society, is challenging.

3

Seems like a very carefully crafted sentiment to endear themselves to PHP devs without alienating tribalistic Python/Ruby/etc devs.

4

It's not unique to tech, it's (unfortunately) part of our tribalistic instinct: > Arguments are soldiers.

5

Don't you think it's a bit silly to keep rehashing tribalistic arguments that people moved on from 40 years ago?

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You are trying to use tribalistic as a negative but it doesn't have that meaning.

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So many people adopt these tribalistic mindsets when discussing their preferred technologies rather than allowing themselves to be open to better ideas.

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When you talk to them they are extremely uncompromising in practice and extremely tribalistic.

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It's unfair and people's blind (probably tribalistic) acceptance of that idea is sad.

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Sadly, it's probably the lack of a us vs them tribalistic segment.

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It (as far as I'm aware) isn't tribalistic and espouses benevolent treatment for all other humans.

12

A lot of right wing rhetoric plays into basic human tribalistic tendencies.

Quote examples

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I think “tribalistic” is maybe a better word for what I feel is an issue.

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"Gamer" is tribalistic; defining oneself in terms of one’s tastes and factional allegiances above all."" Utter tripe.

3

At least Carmack should really to be able to do better than dismissing it as "emotional and tribalistic", and asking for proof for the concerns being valid; that's not now how it works, and this is not a flaw.

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This sort of "investment" is not very different from the sort of tribalistic "make it rain" spectacle you saw blowhard masters of local fiefdoms in Dubai pull, or continue to see in other Gulf Arab states, just to point to one widely-recognised example.

Proper noun examples

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Tribalistic derogation (yeah, I just made that term up) basically happens anytime you have two sets of people who can be distinguished at all.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tribalistic in a sentence?

The nation is a body of people bound together by tribalistic xenophobia.

What does tribalistic mean?

Pertaining to tribalism.

What part of speech is tribalistic?

tribalistic is commonly used as adjective.