toenadering, verbal noun

/ˈtuˌnɑːd(ə)rəŋ/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, from toenader to approach, meet halfway.
Rapprochement, especially between political parties.
1920 S. Black Dorp 187All Oakley saw in any toenadering (coming together) of the bickering factions, was a trick to deprive King George and his heirs of their legitimate ownership of the country discovered by Bartholomew Diaz and settled by Jan van Riebeek.
1947 Forum 3 May 3The whole question of toenadering with the English-speaking section has..been..an apple of discord in the Nationalist-Afrikaner Party circles.
1957 Cape Times 18 June 8He must draw a large Nationalist vote if he is to win those English-speaking people who want White toenadering.
1973 E. Prov. Herald 16 June 8As the session drew to a close..everyone was fiercely denying ‘toenadering’, or should I rather use the new ‘in’ term ‘consensus’.
1977 E. Prov. Herald 29 May 11Dr Hertzog found himself in a political wilderness, because at a time of concerted ‘toenadering’ between the two groups he preached Afrikaner exclusivity.
1986 Personality 1 Sept. 34Though Pickard..would welcome..a coming together of English- and Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, he believes the process of toenadering still has a long way to go.
1992 D. Tutu on TV1, 30 Apr. (Good Morning South Africa)So many working for the toenadering — this rapprochement.
1994 M. van Wyk Smith in Albany Democrat No.1, July 4The ANC opposed federalism, the Nats let it slide in the interests of toenadering.
Rapprochement, especially between political parties.
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toe maar, adverbial phraseadv. phr.toering, nounn.
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