单词 | south africanism |
释义 | South Africanismn. 1. A word or phrase characteristic of, particular to, or originating from southern Africa; (now) spec. a characteristic word or idiom of South African English. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > African English or idiom of Africanism1641 African English1834 South Africanism1878 1878 Literary World (Boston) July 23/1 Far less intelligible even than these are the native terms, South Africanisms we may call them. 1896 ‘S. Cumberland’ What I think of S. Afr. 39 They—to use a South Africanism—were high old times for those with luck as well as those with enterprise. 1961 Personality (Durban) 16 May 27 I think my favourite South Africanism is ‘Bioscope’. 1978 J. Branford in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. p. xiii These South Africanisms include..a number of English phrases or usages. 2009 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 10 The production is peppered with South Africanisms that are mostly effective and make this Tempest our own. 2. The fact of belonging to or originating from southern Africa; (a belief in or advocacy of) the principle of the political unity of the South African people or nation.There have been some versions of South Africanism which have focused on Anglo-Dutch or Anglo-Afrikaner unity within the nation, though in modern use the term is inclusive of all races. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] > South African quality South Africanism1901 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > quality South Africanism1901 1901 E. T. Cook Rights & Wrongs Transvaal War 27 The fact that Sir Henry likened Afrikanderdom to Canadianism shows clearly in what sense he used the former term. It must have been in the sense of Anglo-Dutch South-Africanism. 1934 Friend (Bloemfontein, S. Afr.) 14 Feb. Has the Prime Minister converted his old racialist colleague to a saner and broader South Africanism. 1959 Listener 29 Oct. 714/2 South Africans..were lulled into thinking the essential South Africanism of General Smuts permanently secure. 1960 F. P. Spooner S. Afr. Predicament iv. 136 The backbone of the United Party is men and women of both English and Afrikaans extraction courageous enough to subscribe to a policy of broad South Africanism. 2009 Cape (S. Afr.) Argus (Nexis) 17 July 13 We need to develop a common South Africanism underpinned by ubuntu-oriented patriotism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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