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      detribalize
      verb
      cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · removal, reversaltribustrib- · Latin · tribealis-al · Latin · relating toizein-ize · Greek · to make, cause
      Words related to detribalize
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      The word detribalize breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: de-, from Latin de (“removal, reversal”); trib, from Latin tribus (“tribe”); -al, from Latin alis (“relating to”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make, cause”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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