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verkrampte

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verkrampte [fəˈkrɑmtə]
n (in South Africa)
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a.  (during apartheid) an Afrikaner Nationalist who opposed any changes toward liberal trends in government policy, esp relating to racial questions
b.  (as modifier) verkrampte politics Compare verligte
[from Afrikaans (adj), literally: restricted]
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The poor', my somewhat verkrampte mother responded, are generally rather squalid and dirty themselves--the implication being that they really can expect no better when they go to a public hospital.
Blaming the poor by Farham, Bridget / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
Believe it or not but Vervloekte Andre thought that theatre could liberate our people--break the shackles that the verkrampte (11) dominees and politicians were forging around our minds and souls" (Fugard 2006: 23).
Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances: the Playwright, the Actor and the ... by Keuris, Marisa / Journal of Literary Studies
Op 'n totaal ander wyse (en gemik op die verkrampte Suid-Afrikaanse apartheidsamelewing) benut Vladislavic die krag van die verbeelding self om mense skerp, maar subtiel te kritiseer wat nie hulle verbeelding konstruktief kan gebruik om huUe eie eng wereldjies te transendeer nie.
Oor die drumpel: liminaliteit en literatuur by Viljoen, Hein; van der Merwe, Chris N. / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
 
 
 
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