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verlig, pred. a. S. Afr.|fɛrˈlɪx|
Also verligte |-ˈlɪxtə| when used attrib.
[a. Afrikaans, = enlightened.]
Regarded as progressive or enlightened, in political, religious, social, etc., matters. Cf. verkramp a.
1968[see verkrampte n.]. 1969Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 24 Aug. 25 The odd thing about the whole affair is that the word ‘verlig’ should become an embarrassment to the Nationalists... There must be few countries where it is an insult to be called ‘enlightened’. 1969Rand Daily Mail 25 Sept. 17/3 Verlig long before it was comparatively easy to be so, he condemned arrogant racialism or nationalism wherever he found it. 1970Times 19 Aug. 8/4 It is not just non-aligned countries such as Tanzania, Zambia or Yugoslavia, which are benefiting from the new spirit of goodwill emanating from Peking. China's verligte policies have even percolated as far as London. 1971[see verkrampte n.]. 1974Argus (Cape Town) 2 Aug. 3/2 The United Party is believed to have irrevocably committed itself to a more boldly verligte political stance. 1974[see verkramp a.] 1977Cape Times 10 Oct. 3/4 The vast majority of Nationalist voters are a lot more verlig than they think and support the need for change in South Africa. 1981Guardian 14 Dec. 6/5 The Verligte or enlightened faction of his party.
Hence (the attrib. form verligte) as n. A person regarded as progressive or enlightened in politics, esp. with regard to the future of apartheid. In extended use, one who is enlightened or broadminded in other matters.
1967[see verkrampte n.]. 1969Guardian Weekly 24 July 14 If the verkramptes of Louis Stoffberg and Dr Herzog win the day, against Mr Vorster's verligtes and their good neighbour policy towards black Africa, it will be a useful gain for Peking. 1970News/Check 29 May 9 People who later on were to become known as verligtes sided with Silbersteins; the verkramptes summed up the book as sinful. 1976Times 26 June 5/4 The increasingly vocal Verligtes in the universities. 1980Economist 21 June (S. Afr. Suppl.) 6/1 To the more radical verligtes who make up his praetorian guard, a sort of strategy is clear. |