Synonyms for tribal
ˈtraɪ bəltrib·al

Princeton's WordNet

1. tribaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of a tribe

   "tribal customs"

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1. List of paraphrases for "tribal":

   tribes, tribe, kabylie, tribesmen, inter-tribal, clan, tribalism, buraku

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1. William S. Buroughs, Paris Review, Fall 1965:

   I think there are innumerable gods. What we here on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating trough human conciousness control events.

2. Melanie Benjamin:

   If you are told from Day One that you are that tribal person and that tribal home, that's who you are. And Day One's the simplest way to explain that, day One's what I told her. If you respect Indian country, we respect you.

3. Ursula K. Le Guin:

   Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.

4. Timothy Sandefur:

   Because the law is so deferential to tribal authority, it elevates tribal authority to the same level as biological parents, the law gives Indian tribes jurisdiction and violates the most basic principles of due process.

5. Ayn Rand:

   So long as [men] hold the tribal notion that the individual is sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force, and that some (any) alleged 'good' can justify it -- there can be no peace within a nation and no peace among nations.