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ubuntu.

A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

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noun/ʊˈbʊntuː/
  1. A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

    South-Africa · uncountable
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Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Zulu ubúntubor. ▲ Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Xhosa úbúntubor. English ubuntu Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).

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