Home › Words › A › afrikanerdomafrikanerdomafrikanerdom means the world or sphere of Afrikaners.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, afrikanerdom ranks #35,347 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Afrikaner + -dom.nounThe world or sphere of Afrikaners.e.g.“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 religion:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.boerdom 70% match — The realm or sphere of the Boers. vs afrikanerdom →afrikanerism 69% match — A word or phrase characteristic of Afrikaners. vs afrikanerdom →afrikanerness 66% match — The state or quality of being an Afrikaner. vs afrikanerdom →arabdom 65% match — The world or sphere of Arabs. vs afrikanerdom →volk 64% match — The Afrikaner people. vs afrikanerdom →afrikaner 61% match — A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language. vs afrikanerdom →afrikaansness 59% match — The fact or state of being Afrikaans. vs afrikanerdom →negrodom 59% match — The realm or sphere of negros. vs afrikanerdom →