verkrampte

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of verkrampte

C20: from Afrikaans (adj), literally: restricted

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Example Sentences

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verkrampte

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is most nearly between verkrampte and verligte.

From Time Magazine Archive

During his rise through the ranks of the National Party, he allied himself with its verkrampte, or ''closed- minded conservative,'' camp.

From Time Magazine Archive

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