‖gelykstelling, noun
- Forms:
- Formerly also gelijkstelling.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier Dutch gelijkstelling), from gelykstel to put on a level with, from gelyk alike + stel to set, put, place.
historical
Equality brought about by the abolition of racial discrimination.
1936 Cambridge Hist. of Brit. Empire VIII. 293Hottentot emancipation was a prime factor in creating that dread of gelijkstelling (equality) which modern writers are agreed was a prime cause of the Great Trek itself.
1975 P.G.J. Meiring in T. Sundermeier Church & Nationalism 64The missionary efforts in the Hervormde and Gereformeerde Kerke were largely paralysed by the people’s fear of ‘gelykstelling’ (equalisation).
Equality brought about by the abolition of racial discrimination.
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