Definition of tribalism
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: strong in-group loyalty
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Examples of tribalism in a Sentence
Tribalism within the group is strong.
the corrupting influence of tribalism
Recent Examples of tribalism from the Web
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And that the faith is not transformative, faith is just a proxy for political tribalism.
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YouTube has been shown, for instance, to algorithmically push viewers towards extreme content, and online propaganda has been tied to a rise in tribalism.
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This means, of course, that the Republican side of Brooks’ tribalism remains truthless and insane.
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But the brand loyalty that the company has inspired by being good at Twitter has led to outright celebrations of meanness and pointless tribalism.
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Unbridgeable divides make governing nearly impossible: there can be no consensus in a politics of blind tribalism.
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To put the film’s central problem in political terms, Pio is forced to choose between solidarity and identity, between friendship and blood, between universalism and tribalism.
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There’s such notorious tribalism in conservatism, but, generally speaking, progressives tend to spend a lot of time getting in each other’s way.
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But presidential politics in the post-party era — or, more precisely, in the era of strong partisanship and weak parties, in Julia Azari’s useful formulation — is quickly devolving into pure tribalism, a form of cultural totem-jockeying.
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First Known Use of tribalism
1861
TRIBALISM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tribalism for English Language Learners
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: loyalty to a tribe or other social group especially when combined with strong negative feelings for people outside the group
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