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I have a question I wanted to know,what does "africanderdom " mean ? I can't find its meaning on the Internet. I only know that it was invented by Hobson.
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I have a question I wanted to know,what does "africanderdom " mean ? I can't find its meaning on the Internet. I only know that it was invented by Hobson.
Thank you
Coming from South African English, Africanderdom means:
The Afrikaner people; Afrikaners collectively, esp. in a nationalistic or political sense
The ethos of the Afrikaner people; Afrikaner nationalism;
You can read more about it here.
Also written as: Afrikanderdom and Afrikanerdom