Tribe - Wikipedia The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology
TRIBE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of TRIBE is a community composed chiefly of numerous families, clans, or generations who have a shared ancestry, culture, and language —often used in the capitalized names of specific tribes
TRIBE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Tribe definition: any group of people, typically a subdivision of a nation or an ethnic group, that is united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, shared customs and traditions, recognition of the same leader or leaders, etc ; a group of related clans
Tribe | Indigenous Societies, Hunter-Gatherers Nomadic . . . tribe, in anthropology, a notional form of human social organization based on a set of smaller groups (known as bands), having temporary or permanent political integration, and defined by traditions of common descent, language, culture, and ideology
Tribe - New World Encyclopedia A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modern theorists hold that "contemporary" tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states