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Definition of verligte in English: verligte(also verlig) adjectivefɛːˈlɪxtə South African Progressive or enlightened, especially as regards apartheid. 进步的，开明的（尤与种族隔离有关） he was an Afrikaner of liberal inclinations and verligte views Example sentencesExamples - The message was relayed to me over a cup of tea in Parliament's members' lounge by FW's henchmen, both from not too verligte backgrounds.
- The Broederbond's reformist agenda had been confirmed by the election of de Lange, verligte author of the 1981 education report, as chairman in 1983.
nounfɛːˈlɪxtə South African A person holding progressive and enlightened views. 进步人士，开明人士 Example sentencesExamples - The Afrikaans lobby groups are immensely varied and powerful - from radical, right-wing campaigners to verligte, non-racial fighters.
- The founding of the party was preceded by a bitter power struggle between the verkramptes and the verligtes in the Afrikaner community.
OriginAfrikaans, literally 'enlightened'. |