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Verkramp means (South Africa) Politically conservative..
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/fəˈkrʌmp/ · adjective
(South Africa) Politically conservative..
He made a speech which suggested that this process must be inclusive, that everyone must be pulled into the process. That is the type of approach that we need from the NPA which gives the distinct impression that it is verkramp, is lagging behind […]
Many a person when he enters for the first time the home of another these days inclines to ask himself, not whether the man is rich or poor, fond of dogs or gardening, but whether he is verkramp or verlig.
The Hertzog Group supporters were labelled verkramp, and the Vorster supporters verlig. The fact, of course, is that the vast majority of Afrikaner Nationalists were and are verkramp, and only a small minority verlig.
Over the years, Afrikaners developed a reputation for being verkramp[…]
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Verkramp means (South Africa) Politically conservative..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include verlig.
He made a speech which suggested that this process must be inclusive, that everyone must be pulled into the process. That is the type of approach that we need from the NPA which gives the distinct impression that it is verkramp, is lagging behind […]
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