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Africanism|ˈæfrɪkənɪz(ə)m|
[f. African + -ism.]
An African mode of speech or idiom. Also, African qualities or characteristics in the aggregate.
1641Milton Reform. i. 38 He that cannot understand the sober..stile of the Scriptures, will be ten times more puzzl'd with the knotty Africanisms..of the Fathers. 1836New Monthly Mag. XLVII. 152, I have spent some days in a town where every thing is pure Africanism. 1851Trench Exp. Serm. on Mt. (ed. 2) Introd. ii. 27 The harsh Africanisms of Tertullian and Arnobius. 1882B. F. Westcott in Smith & Wace Dict. Chr. Biogr. (1887) IV. 139/2 The principles which he [sc. Origen] affirmed..are fitted to correct the Africanism which, since the time of Augustine, has dominated Western theology. 1884G. W. Cable Creoles of Louisiana xxxiii. 260 He [sc. the rich Creole] dropped..the Africanisms of his black nurse.
b. The policy which advocates that the indigenous inhabitants should have political control in Africa; African nationalism.
1957Hailey African Survey v. 251 It seems advisable on this occasion to give prominence to the use of the term ‘Africanism’ rather than ‘nationalism’. 1959Cape Times 14 Apr. 8/6 Africanism can be accepted as a solution in one sense, viz., that Africa in future must belong to the Africans, that is to those peoples who have chosen Africa as their home. |