verlig

adjective

1. politically optimistic and receptive to change

   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.

Where it comes from

From Afrikaans verlig from Dutch verlicht.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry verlig (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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