tribally
In clan fashion
In a manner relating to tribes or tribal identity.
The word appears in discussions of social organization, indigenous governance, or group loyalty: tribally owned lands, tribally affiliated communities.
It can describe how people organize or think along group lines: Voters increasingly behave tribally, supporting their party regardless of policy.
Originating in a region
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ethnicOf a cultural group
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
customs · traditions · folklore · rituals · ceremonies · totems · taboos · mythology
Related group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- familyRelated people together
- kindredRelations by blood
ancestry · genealogy · descent · heritage · kinfolk · relatives · kin · forebears
Very old indeed
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
primeval · primordial · primal · traditional · pre-modern · hunter-gatherer · nomadic · subsistence
As a whole group
- communallyShared by all
- villageSmall rural community
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
congregation · council · encampment · settlement · cooperative · shared · locally · regionally
Wholeness through cohesion
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
bonding · allegiance · fellowship · camaraderie · collectively · protectively · defensively · supportively
indigenous
Originating in a region
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ethnicOf a cultural group
cultural · customs · traditions · folklore · rituals · ceremonies · totems · taboos · mythology · cosmology
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
kindred · ancestry · genealogy · descent · heritage · kinfolk · relatives · kin · forebears · ancestors
ancient
Very old indeed
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
neolithic · primeval · primordial · primal · traditional · pre-modern · hunter-gatherer · nomadic · subsistence · animistic
collectively
As a whole group
- communallyShared by all
- villageSmall rural community
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
assembly · congregation · council · encampment · settlement · cooperative · shared · locally · regionally · insularly
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · bonding · allegiance · fellowship · camaraderie · collectively · protectively · defensively · supportively · in-group
triballynationally
Across an entire country
institutionally · bureaucratically · federally · civically · municipally
triballyindividually
One at a time
personally · independently · autonomously · universally · singly
triballyWestern
Of Euro-American civilization
mainstream · modernly · globally · secularly · industrially
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
- tribal societyKinship-based communal organization
- tribal traditionsInherited communal practices
- tribal ceremoniesFormal communal cultural observances
- tribal patternsTraditional indigenous designs
- tribal designsTraditional cultural pattern work
tribal, tribalism, intertribal, tribalisms, nontribal, tribalized, tribalization