Baasskap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Baasskap is a noun meaning (South Africa) Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.
Meaning
(South Africa) Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.
Example Sentences
African teachers were not permitted to criticize the government or any school authority. It was intellectual baasskap, a way of institutionalising inferiority.
Word Forms
- baaskaap
- baaskap
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include masterdom, dominion, domination, mastership, empire, dominance.
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