单词 | afrikanerism |
释义 | Afrikanerismn. 1. The policy, ideals, or aspirations of Afrikaners; Afrikaner nationalism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > Afrikaner Afrikanderism1884 Afrikanderdom1893 Afrikanerism1897 Afrikanerdom1900 pan-Africanderdom1900 1897 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 16 Apr. 4/5 A South African of Huguenot extraction, and in his younger days a champion of Afrikanerism. 1934 A. J. Barnouw Lang. & Race Probl. S. Afr. 26 This language [sc. Afrikaans] is to the Nationalists the hall mark of their Afrikanerism. 1942 ‘B. Knight’ Sun climbs Slowly iii. xxv. 229 He is lost in his dreams of Afrikanerism. 1980 Jrnl. Politics 42 978 Beyers,..wrote 75 percent of his opinions in English, his notorious advocacy of Afrikanerism to the contrary notwithstanding! 2004 J. Gemmell Politics S. Afr. Cricket xii. 187 The lines of division now lay within Afrikanerism rather than between Afrikaners and non-Afrikaners. 2. An Afrikaans word or expression used in South African English. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Dutch > Afrikaans > idiom of Afrikanderism1909 Afrikanerism1959 1959 Cape Argus 21 Nov. 11/3 Among the words which fall in the category of Afrikanerisms, now in common use in the English language in this country, are bobotie, gousblom. 1969 G. Haresnape Pauline Smith xi. 127 It is interesting to see that when Pauline Smith is aiming at light or comical dialogue, literally translated expressions, or ‘Afrikanerisms’, are most prominent. 1981 P. C. Luthuli Philos. Foundations Black Educ. S. Afr. iii. 40 This effect is more noticeable in urban areas where Anglicisms and Afrikanerisms abound. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 June (Travel section) 6 This site gives interpretations of such piquant Afrikanerisms as ‘gatvol’ and ‘tweegat jakkals’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1897 |
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