verkrampte

/ fəˈkrɑmtə /

noun

1. Compare verligte
   1. (during apartheid) an Afrikaner Nationalist who opposed any changes toward liberal trends in government policy, esp relating to racial questions
   2. ( as modifier )

      verkrampte politics

Word History and Origins

Origin of verkrampte¹

C20: from Afrikaans (adj), literally: restricted

Example Sentences

To the liberal press he was verkrampte -- unenlightened -- no different from the blunt and stolid Nationalists who never questioned the boilerplate of apartheid.

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One imperative is to make distinctions between them, to recognize that �like the Middle Americans�they are not a single-minded bloc, that they include verkrampte and verhgte in their ranks.

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It is most nearly between verkrampte and verligte.

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As one moves through today's America, a set of terms from South Africa comes to mind: verkrampte, meaning literally "the cramped ones," or "the closed-minded," and verligte, literally "the enlightened ones." or "the open-minded."

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Worried by the extremists and anxious to prevent them from creating an effective organization, Vorster called for elections a year ahead of schedule and geared his campaign almost exclusively to the verkrampte challenge.

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