Federation and Tribe

Federation

Federation noun - An association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection.

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Tribe and federation are semantically related. in partnership topic. In some cases you can use "Tribe" instead a noun "Federation".

Tribe noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Federation and tribe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Federation" instead a noun "Tribe".

Nearby Words: tribal, tribesman, tribalism

old	old federation	old tribe
complete	complete federation	complete tribe
rival	rival federation	rival tribe
alien	alien federation	alien tribe
Other adjectives: original, friendly, small, actual, entire, main, peaceful, former, larger.

Another tribe, one that Kirk had met years before, begins to demand similar weapons by the end, and Kirk begins arranging a Federation-aligned alliance of tribes to oppose the Klingon-controlled ones.

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Original Series
Barbarian Tribe: The Military Governments, descended from Federation soldiers stationed out in the boonies.

Source: Literature / The General
The Northern Water Tribe from Avatar: The Last Airbender fits this trope better than the actual Earth Kingdom (which is more like The Federation), especially since it comes under siege by The Empire.

Source: The Kingdom

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