pretribal

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ tribal.

Adjective

pretribal (not comparable)

1. Before the development of tribes.
   • 1949, Peter I. Lyashchenko, History of the National Economy of Russia to the 1917 Revolution, page 26:

     His social habits were still pretribal. The fairly large dwellings used by the Neanderthal men indicate that their hunting groups and settlements included large numbers of participants and their families.