Examples of tribalism in a Sentence

Tribalism within the group is strong. the corrupting influence of tribalism

Recent Examples on the Web The months-long feud that led to his ouster offered a window into the city’s long tradition of political wars and tribalism. — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022 Immediately after The Wall Street Journal exposed Ms. Holmes’s alleged fraud at Theranos in 2015, some prominent tech investors even rushed to defend her in a bit of kneejerk tribalism. — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022 The tribalism of today resides in a very old, unreflective part of the brain that the Founders worked to temper and subdue through the power of reason and debate. — Thomas Koenig, National Review, 24 July 2021 So the importance of this, in our current climate where tribalism continues to rise, is extremely precious and important. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021 But provocateur LaBruce doesn’t indulge the secular cant favored by outsider-activists who are intent on demolishing the traditional family in favor of political tribalism. — Armond White, National Review, 22 Sep. 2021 The simple fact is (and this is never more true than in our current moment of tribalism) that most people have little to no idea who their House members are. — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 31 Aug. 2021 The Illinois Republican talks about tribalism, the Jan. 6 investigation, political violence and whether the GOP can be saved. — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Oct. 2021 Are the extremes too large, the tribalism too deep? — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Sep. 2021

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