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San
San
synonyms
so that experts who had been in actual contact with the group recommended the continued use of. By the 2000s
Bosjesman
San is the plural form
although when referring to individuals
Bushmen
while it continued to be perceived as an insult in parts of the central Kalahari in Namibia
Saan
which was perceived as outdated. However
it was reported that San had mostly lost its derogatory connotations in South Africa and was partly embraced as self-designation
reference to their specific nation is preferable
it turned out that San was a derogatory term for used by the pastoralist Khoikhoi
while carried no derogatory connotations
San became popular in 1970s western anthropology as a politically correct replacement for
used for the group collectively. Individuals are referred to as
Bushman
San
antonyms