tribal rivalry

collocation in English

meaningsoftribalandrivalry

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tribal
adjective
uk
/ˈtraɪ.bəl/us
/ˈtraɪ.bəl/
relating to ...
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rivalry
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/
a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the ...
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(Definition oftribalandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The strains and stresses oftribalrivalrywill then become a real threat to the unity of the nation.
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Therefore,tribalrivalryis added to political differences.
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There are also national differences, sometimes based on religious ortribalrivalry.
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The rebel activity continued, in the form of banditry and attacks, motivated more bytribalrivalryand personal vendetta than by political aspiration.
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The rebel activity continued, in the form of banditry and attacks, motivated more by inter-factionaltribalrivalryand personal vendetta than by political aspiration.
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I do not want to start any tribal rivalries.
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There are bound to be problems—for example, over the pace of progress with the reconstruction and development programme—and there may be tribal rivalries.
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Otherwise, the continent may be torn in pieces by tribal rivalries.
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The trouble appears to be caused by personal and tribal rivalries rather than political and ideological differences.
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Beneath the personal and tribal rivalries there is a whole series of economic and social tensions to be resolved.
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Religious leaders on both sides have told us they consider the fundamental cause of the clashes to be traditional tribal rivalries about land and local politics.
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The parts of it which were less disturbed were, nevertheless, subject to tribal rivalries which caused a good deal of trouble then and have done more so since.
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They are a happy people; they get on well with one another; and although, of course, there are many tribes, tribal rivalries have been conspicuously absent.
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But due to tribal rivalries many families would guard their cemeteries and put restrictions on who got buried in them.
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The large number of different tribes meant that there were not enough interpreters, and potentially dangerous tribal rivalries needed attention.
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