Meanings
- uncountableThe world or sphere of Afrikaners.
He rules sovereign over the world and works His will in the affairs of nations — most visibly of Afrikanerdom.
1980, T. Dunbar Moodie, The rise of Afrikanerdom: power, apartheid, and the Afrikaner civil religion2 more examples
Afrikanerdom is being repositioned as an endangered minority within a liberal democracy. From a strategic point of view this must be judged a good move.
2006, Chris Brink, No lesser place: the taaldebat at StellenboschYet as with the American South, there is a distinctly caricaturable quality to rural Afrikanerdom, and the sophisticated Afrikaners of Johannesburg and Cape Town enjoy making fun of them.
2009, John Simpson, Not Quite World's End: A Traveller's Tales, page 197
Origin
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Afrikanerdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrikanerdom
“Afrikanerdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrikanerdom. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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