tribalization
Dividing into factions
Tribalization is the process of dividing into tribes or tribe-like groups—factions bound by shared identity, loyalty, or ideology.
The term usually carries negative connotations, suggesting fragmentation of a larger unity: the tribalization of American politics, social media accelerates tribalization.
Where people once debated as citizens, tribalization implies they now fight as partisans whose primary allegiance is to their own group.
Division into sections
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
- affiliationFormal organizational connection
federation · bloc · confederation · in-group · out-group · sectarianism · polarization · fragmentation
Related group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- kinshipState of being related
descent · genealogy · family · heritage · patriarch · kindred · forebears · progenitors
State of fitting in
- solidarityUnity among allies
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- communalismGroup-centered social organization
nativism · homogeneity · exclusivity · loyalty · patriotism · ethnocentrism · particularism · chauvinism
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
mythology · totemism · shamanism · taboo · indigenous · ethnography · anthropology · artifacts
segmentation
Division into sections
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
affiliation · federation · bloc · confederation · in-group · out-group · sectarianism · polarization · fragmentation · division
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
kinship · descent · genealogy · family · heritage · patriarch · kindred · forebears · progenitors · consanguinity
belonging
State of fitting in
- solidarityUnity among allies
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
communalism · nativism · homogeneity · exclusivity · loyalty · patriotism · ethnocentrism · particularism · chauvinism · insularity
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
folklore · mythology · totemism · shamanism · taboo · indigenous · ethnography · anthropology · artifacts · tribesmen
tribalizationunification
Merging into one entity
integration · consolidation · cohesion · unity · coming together
tribalizationuniversalism
Doctrine of total reconciliation
cosmopolitanism · globalism · ecumenism · inclusivism · inclusivity
tribalizationassimilation
Absorbing into a whole
acculturation · mainstreaming · desegregation · cultural fusion · deradicalization
tribe, tribal, tribalism, tribally, tribalist, tribalists, tribalisms, nontribal, tribalized