‖eiesoortig, adjective and & adverb
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, eie own + soort kind + adjective- and adverb-forming suffix -ig.
- Note:
- Used originally and especially with reference to the emphasis placed by proponents of apartheid on the cultural and racial identity of groups.
A. adjective. Also (attributive) eiesoortige [Afrikaans attributive suffix -e]. Distinctive, unique, culturally specific.
1976 Sunday Times 1 Aug. 15The old apartheid policy that was re-written in 1958 by Dr Verwoerd as eie-soortige (own identity) development failed shortly after it was proclaimed.
1990 S. De Waal in Weekly Mail 23 Feb. (Suppl.) 9He does that language a great service in his vigorous defence of it as more than the preserve of a Nationalist clique. He also does it beautiful justice in his eiesoortige prose.
B. adverb Distinctively; in a manner intended to emphasize singularity.
1988 A. Fischer in Boonzaier & Sharp S. Afr. Keywords 130Africans were to be developed ‘eiesoortig’ under the guidance of the trustee, according to their particular character and capabilities.
- Derivatives:
- So eiesoortigheid /-ˌheɪt/ noun [Afrikaans, noun-forming suffix -heid -ness], uniqueness, especially cultural distinctiveness.1960 B. Marais in H. Spottiswoode S. Afr.: Rd Ahead 166As far as the Christian Church is concerned this eiesoortigheid, this fact of a group being sui generis, is important and may not be ignored. It could constitute an argument for separate Churches for widely different linguistic or racial groups, but it could not be used as justification for forced segregation within any Christian Church.
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