tribalism

Meanings

Plural: tribalisms

Noun

• the state of living together in tribes
• the beliefs of a tribal society
• 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.

Antonyms

cosmopolitanism

Related Words

groupthink, hyperpartisanship, ingroup and outgroup, parochialism, the Other, us versus them