Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baasskap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baasskap
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"African teachers were not permitted to criticize the government or any school authority. It was intellectual baasskap, a way of institutionalising inferiority."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans baasskap, from baas (“boss”) + -skap (“hood”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

baaskaap (alternative) baaskap (alternative) basskap (alternative) basskaap (alternative)

Questions

What does baasskap mean?: Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.
Where does baasskap come from?: Borrowed from Afrikaans baasskap, from baas (“boss”) + -skap (“hood”).

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