verkrampte
(South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude.
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(South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude.
In 1969, the extreme verkramptes formed a new party, the Herstigte Nasionale (Reconstituted National Party).
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A South African political term describing someone with rigidly conservative, often reactionary views — especially in the context of apartheid-era Afrikaner politics. A verkramp politician was one who opposed any liberalisation or reform, clinging hard to the old order. The word has since broadened as a general label for entrenched right-wing conservatism, applied to anyone who refuses to budge on traditional or regressive positions.
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