Verwoerdian

Meaning

Adjective

  • Relating to Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966, remembered for his conception and implementation of apartheid.

Origin

  • Verwoerd + -ian

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