tribalism C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈtraɪbəˌlɪzəm/ UK /ˈtraɪbəlɪzəm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun loyalty to one's own group or faction, often with hostility to outsiders Political tribalism made any compromise between the two camps nearly impossible. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · loyalty to one's own group... factionalismsectarianismpartisanshipclannishnessparochialism ↔ Opposites cosmopolitanismuniversalisminclusivity Word family Related forms tribetribaltribalist Etymology AI details From tribal (from tribe, via Old French tribu, from Latin tribus 'one of the three divisions of the Roman people') + the suffix -ism. tribus Latin tri Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tribalism **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtraɪbəˌlɪzəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtraɪbəlɪzəm/ ## Meanings 1. loyalty to one's own group or faction, often with hostility to outsiders ## Examples - Political tribalism made any compromise between the two camps nearly impossible. ## Synonyms - factionalism - sectarianism - partisanship - clannishness - parochialism ## Antonyms - cosmopolitanism - universalism - inclusivity ## Related Forms - tribe - tribal - tribalist ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tribus - Root: tri ## Etymology From tribal (from tribe, via Old French tribu, from Latin tribus 'one of the three divisions of the Roman people') + the suffix -ism. ## AI Etymology Tribalism is from tribal (from tribe, via Old French tribu, from Latin tribus 'one of the three divisions of the Roman people') + the suffix -ism. Important recorded forms include tribus (Latin) and tri (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers loyalty to one's own group or faction, often with hostility to outsiders. The wider family includes related words such as tribe, tribal, and tribalist. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown