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tribe

[trīb]

a taxonomic category subordinate to a family (or subfamily) and superior to a genus (or subtribe).

tribe

(trīb),

In biologic classification, an occasionally used division between the family and the genus; often the same as the subfamily.

[L. tribus]

tribe

(trīb) a taxonomic category subordinate to a family (or subfamily) and superior to a genus (or subtribe).

tribe

(trīb)

1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.

2. Biology A taxonomic category ranking below a family or subfamily and above a genus and usually containing several genera.

tribe

Etymology: L, tribus

a taxonomic division of organisms, subordinate to a family and superior to a genus, or subtribe.

tribe

(trīb)

In biologic classification, an occasionally used division between the family and the genus; often the same as the subfamily.

[L. tribus]

tribe

a taxonomic category between genus and subfamily, used mainly in the CLASSIFICATION of plants.

tribe

a taxonomic category subordinate to a family (or subfamily) and superior to a genus (or subtribe).

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Thus, the result clearly signifies that there was daughter preference in the matrilineal tribal societies in India.

Daughter preference and contraceptive-use in matrilineal tribal societies in Meghalaya, India

In an emotional final section of the book, Professor Ahmed compares what is happening to Muslim tribal societies to the Holocaust, implying a degree of intentionality on the part of central governments, the United States in particular.

Global War Gone Wrong

But Corry questions the validity of Diamond's data and concludes that the idea that tribal societies are more violent than industrialized ones is 'dangerous nonsense', and his conclusions akin to colonial ideas of 'pacifying savages'.

A book full of tribal nonsense

He added: 'In tribal societies which practise honour killings, honour and shame are seen as two parallel states.

Have Western lifestyles led to an increase in Asian honour killings?; AS TWO ARE CONVICTED OF THE BRUTAL MURDER OF BRIDE SAHJDA BIBI..

Many tribal societies practised other forms of bodily alteration (scarification, knocking out teeth, subincision, piercing etc) usually as part of initiation rites, and most of those which practised male circumcision also practised forms of female genital mutilation.

The masturbation taboo and the rise of routine male circumcision: A review of the historiography. (Review Essay)

He elaborates more by stating, "I know that sex is natural, but I pursue it with a psychology that carries with it old wounds of tribal societies that migrated to the cities.

Identity, cultural encounter, and alienation in the trilogy of the Libyan writer Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih

Clearly the experiences of non-Western, formerly colonialized nations are not directly or totally transferable to the situation of American Indian tribal societies.

Developing nation models for American Indian Nation building - educating the young leaders of our internal developing nations

We see it in some tribal societies, such as the Tiruray and the BaMbuti.

From domination to partnership: reclaiming our future

The modern 'unhinging of the pendulum' occurs with the centralization of the state, its affirmation of a monopoly on violence, and the subsequent decline of independent tribal societies.

Muslim Society

Excessive revenue assessment and the gradual destruction of tribal societies occurred under both regimes.

Colonialism in an Indian Hinterland: The Central Provinces, 1820-1920

The formal economics of modern economic theory was based on the assumption of individual acquisitiveness, but the substantive economics of tribal societies had other foundations.

The Great Transformation

Historically, one of the principal differences between Western-European-based consciousness, since the sixteenth century, and the consciousness of various tribal societies has been that the European perceived identity as one self, indivisible, communicating with indivisible others; whereas, in most tribal societies - which predate the European, as well as those that co-exist with it - each individual member of that society is associated with something outside the boundaries of his or her own body and mind: an animal, a mountain, or a plant.