verkrampadj.

Brit.

/vəˈkramp/,

/fəˈkramp/, U.S.

/vərˈkræmp/,

/fərˈkræmp/, South African English

/fəˈkrʌmp/

Forms: Also verkrampte /fəˈkrʌmptə/ when used attributive

Etymology: < Afrikaans, lit. ‘narrow, cramped’.

South African.

Narrow or reactionary in political, religious, social, etc., matters.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > racist > believing in white supremacy

white supremacist1942

white racist1944

verkramp1968

1968 Green Bay Tree 29 June p. xlv The most verkrampte Nationalist politicians are frightened of liberal foreign propaganda appearing on their screens.

1969 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 24 Aug. On a very strict, narrow interpretation, my guess is that most Nationalists are verkramp.

1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 11 Apr. 3 Mr. —— is verkramp. He can make what threats he likes, I'll keep on wearing split skirts.

1973 Deb. Senate S. Afr. 17 May 2790 A Sunday paper fairly recently referred to certain members of the United Party as a ‘verkrampte mafia’. This was not defamatory.

1974 Argus (Cape Town) 2 Aug. 3/2 It is believed that conservative resistance to more enlightened policies has been significantly reduced and that verkrampte views will in future meet with little sympathy.

1974 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 30 Nov. 1/1 This reasoning has now become an excellent excuse for talking verlig and acting verkramp.

1977 Time 31 Oct. 19/3 The Cabinet was clearly aware of charges by the verkrampte (conservative) wing of the Nationalist Party that the government's power and authority were eroding in the face of protests by urban blacks.

1981 Observer 5 Apr. 11/7 Like most black African Muslims, Edvis favours a liberal interpretation of the Koran, being verligte rather than verkrampte in that regard. Very wisely he likes to drink Pinot Noir from California.

Derivatives

verkrampte n. a person with rigidly traditional views, esp. as regards apartheid and the preservation of white supremacy. Cf. verlig adj. At first applied only to politicians but now extended to any person holding narrow-minded or ultra-conservative views on social, religious, etc., matters.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > belief in white supremacy > one who

Nordicist1927

white chauvinist1929

white racist1944

white suprematist1958

verkrampte1967

society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > principles or policies > supporters of

Krugerite1896

Malanite1933

verkrampte1967

verligte1967

1967 Race Relations News Sept. 7/4 The verligtes–verkramptes controversy must have raised in many minds the hope of a change of outlook in influential South African circles.

1968 Economist 17 Aug. 32/2 The real object was to strengthen Mr Vorster in the ideological dispute that has arisen within his party in recent months between the verligte (‘enlightened’) wing and the verkramptes (that is, literally, the cramped ones).

1969 Times 18 Sept. 9/1 The Army and its political directors have come in for much criticism..from Unionist verkramptes, for apparent irresolution in bringing down the barricades.

1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 6/5 With a so-called outward-looking policy, the Government is beginning to see things in better light. It has shaken itself of some of the old die-hard Calvinistic verkramptes and is able to look at the world at large a little verlig.

1979 Economist 8 Sept. 59/3 Now Transvaal verkramptes (Conservatives) are saying he exploited Muldergate to destroy their leaders.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verkramp
释义	verkrampadj. Brit. /vəˈkramp/, /fəˈkramp/, U.S. /vərˈkræmp/, /fərˈkræmp/, South African English /fəˈkrʌmp/ Forms: Also verkrampte /fəˈkrʌmptə/ when used attributive Etymology: < Afrikaans, lit. ‘narrow, cramped’. South African. Narrow or reactionary in political, religious, social, etc., matters. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > racist > believing in white supremacy white supremacist1942 white racist1944 verkramp1968 1968 Green Bay Tree 29 June p. xlv The most verkrampte Nationalist politicians are frightened of liberal foreign propaganda appearing on their screens. 1969 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 24 Aug. On a very strict, narrow interpretation, my guess is that most Nationalists are verkramp. 1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 11 Apr. 3 Mr. —— is verkramp. He can make what threats he likes, I'll keep on wearing split skirts. 1973 Deb. Senate S. Afr. 17 May 2790 A Sunday paper fairly recently referred to certain members of the United Party as a ‘verkrampte mafia’. This was not defamatory. 1974 Argus (Cape Town) 2 Aug. 3/2 It is believed that conservative resistance to more enlightened policies has been significantly reduced and that verkrampte views will in future meet with little sympathy. 1974 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 30 Nov. 1/1 This reasoning has now become an excellent excuse for talking verlig and acting verkramp. 1977 Time 31 Oct. 19/3 The Cabinet was clearly aware of charges by the verkrampte (conservative) wing of the Nationalist Party that the government's power and authority were eroding in the face of protests by urban blacks. 1981 Observer 5 Apr. 11/7 Like most black African Muslims, Edvis favours a liberal interpretation of the Koran, being verligte rather than verkrampte in that regard. Very wisely he likes to drink Pinot Noir from California. Derivatives verkrampte n. a person with rigidly traditional views, esp. as regards apartheid and the preservation of white supremacy. Cf. verlig adj. At first applied only to politicians but now extended to any person holding narrow-minded or ultra-conservative views on social, religious, etc., matters. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > belief in white supremacy > one who Nordicist1927 white chauvinist1929 white racist1944 white suprematist1958 verkrampte1967 society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > principles or policies > supporters of Krugerite1896 Malanite1933 verkrampte1967 verligte1967 1967 Race Relations News Sept. 7/4 The verligtes–verkramptes controversy must have raised in many minds the hope of a change of outlook in influential South African circles. 1968 Economist 17 Aug. 32/2 The real object was to strengthen Mr Vorster in the ideological dispute that has arisen within his party in recent months between the verligte (‘enlightened’) wing and the verkramptes (that is, literally, the cramped ones). 1969 Times 18 Sept. 9/1 The Army and its political directors have come in for much criticism..from Unionist verkramptes, for apparent irresolution in bringing down the barricades. 1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 6/5 With a so-called outward-looking policy, the Government is beginning to see things in better light. It has shaken itself of some of the old die-hard Calvinistic verkramptes and is able to look at the world at large a little verlig. 1979 Economist 8 Sept. 59/3 Now Transvaal verkramptes (Conservatives) are saying he exploited Muldergate to destroy their leaders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1967
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