Definitions
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- adjective South Africa
politically conservative orpessimistic
Etymologies
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Examples
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He accused the DP of being "verkramp" (conservative) and said its only ambition was to be an opposition party.
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Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel denied he was "verkramp" but was part of the government which instituted the Group
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An elder brother of former president FW de Klerk, he, among other contributions, coined the terms "verlig" and "verkramp".
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Daar heers 'n drog redenasie dat jy verlig is as jy pro-ANC is en verkramp as jy anti-ANC is.
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The all-male Freedom Front members 'offices, jokingly described by an NP legislator as "small and verkramp", are bare except for
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Centre, Mr Foster said Mr Kriel had denied he was verkramp because he had abolished the Group Areas Act. "It ws him and all the other Kriels which instituted it in the first place.
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Hartzenberg is so verkramp that you can plough with him. "
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