tribalism
Meanings
noun
- The condition of being tribal.
- A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe.
- The tendency among human beings to form socially cohesive groups within which there exists social pressure upon the individual to conform to either common behaviors, customs, habits, mores and/or norms, and which groups exhibit greater or lesser degrees of exclusivism.
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From tribal + -ism.
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