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tribeless

  • a word derived from tribe.

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A New Society that strives to be borderless and tribeless emerges, slowly picking away even at subgroups like nuclear families.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

A lifelong Democrat, in 2019 she feels tribeless.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2019

If the tribeless chief will look sharply," he said, "he will soon see the bee take flight.

From Oak Openings by Cooper, James Fenimore

It is chiefly expressed in negatives: there will be no priests, no kings, no marriage, no war, no cruelty—man will be "tribeless and nationless."

From Shelley by Waterlow, Sydney

The men of his golden age are no longer tribeless and nationless.

From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel