baasskap en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans baasskap, from baas (“boss”) + -skap (“hood”).
Meanings
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(South-Africa, uncountable) Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.
African teachers were not permitted to criticize the government or any school authority. It was intellectual baasskap, a way of institutionalising inferiority.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baaskap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| basskap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| baaskaap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| basskaap | alternative | lexicographic |