单词 | afrikanerdom |
释义 | Afrikanerdomn. The Afrikaner people or nation, Afrikaners collectively; Afrikaner culture or ideals, Afrikaner nationalism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > Afrikaner Afrikanderism1884 Afrikanderdom1893 Afrikanerism1897 Afrikanerdom1900 pan-Africanderdom1900 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner > collectively the Dutch1731 Boerdom1858 South African Dutch1877 volk1880 Amabhunu1883 Afrikanerdom1900 1900 C. H. Thomas Origin Anglo-boer War Revealed 67 The greatest danger to Afrikanerdom is the English policy of Anglicising the Boer nation. 1911 D. Blackburn & W. W. Caddell Secret Service 313 It may be that the unwanted sight of uniforms and the presence of the symbolism of war excited young Afrikanerdom. 1926 S. G. Millin S. Africans vi. i. 156 There was a spirit of Afrikanerdom abroad. 1935 Cape Times 8 Nov. 8/4 Wherever these..ministers of religion use the words ‘Afrikaner’ and ‘Afrikanerdom’ they mean ‘Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner’ and ‘Afrikaans-speaking Afrikanerdom’. 1995 Economist 20 May (South Africa Survey Suppl.) 5/1 The resignation with which conservative Afrikanerdom has accepted the new order exposes the nonsense of its supposed inflexibility of its people. 2000 Cape Times 19 July i. 6/5 He knows that attempts by Afrikanerdom to find its feet are actually just another attempt to purge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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