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apartheid
[ uh-pahr-tahyt, -teyt ]
noun
- (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population.
- any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc.
apartheid
/ əˈpɑːthaɪt; -heɪt /
noun
- (in South Africa) the official government policy of racial segregation; officially renounced in 1992
apartheid
- The racist policy ( see racism ) of South Africa that long denied blacks and other nonwhites civic, social, and economic equality with whites. It was dismantled during the 1990s. ( See Nelson Mandela .)
Other Words From
- an·ti·a·part·heid noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of apartheid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of apartheid1
Example Sentences
Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.
The more violent aspect of the anti-apartheid movement was, safe to say, largely lost on Occidental College protestors.
Unsurprisingly, the thuggish Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was among the first, along with then-apartheid South Africa.
Israel is not a perfect state, but it is nothing like apartheid South Africa, says a writer who has lived in both countries.
In Britain, bans on same-sex marriages were described as “a form of sexual apartheid.”
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