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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(South Africa) 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.
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Baasskap means (South Africa) Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples..
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African teachers were not permitted to criticize the government or any school authority. It was intellectual baasskap, a way of institutionalising inferiority.
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