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verkramp

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General South African/fəˈkrʌmp/

verkramp adjective: politically conservative.

Adjective

verkramp (comparative more verkramp, superlative most verkramp)

  1. (South Africa) Politically conservative.
    • 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.1977, Alexander Steward, The world, the West, and Pretoria, page 212
    • 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.1979, J. H. P. Serfontein, Brotherhood of Power: An Exposé of the Secret Afrikaner Broederbond

Examples of verkramp in a sentence

  • That is the type of approach that we need from the NPA which gives the distinct impression that it is verkramp, is lagging behind […]1991, South Africa. Parliament, Debates of Parliament: Hansard (volume 9, issues 8-11, page 4171)
  • Over the years, Afrikaners developed a reputation for being verkramp[…]2006, Sarah Britten, The Art of the South African Insult, page 25:

Antonyms of verkramp

Forms of verkramp

comparativemore verkramp
superlativemost verkramp

Origin of verkramp

Borrowed from Afrikaans verkramp (“narrow, cramped”).

Questions about verkramp

What does verkramp mean?
Verkramp means politically conservative.
How do you use verkramp in a sentence?
That is the type of approach that we need from the NPA which gives the distinct impression that it is verkramp, is lagging behind […]
What part of speech is verkramp?
Verkramp is an adjective.
How do you pronounce verkramp?
Verkramp is pronounced /fəˈkrʌmp/ (General South African).

Words near verkramp in the dictionary

  1. Verkhovna Rada
  2. Verkhovyna
  3. Verkhoyansk
  4. verklemmt
  5. verklempt
  6. verkramp
  7. verkrampte
  8. verkramptes
  9. Verlainesque
  10. Verlainian
  11. verlan

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