apartheid
The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
» We supported the anti-apartheid movement.
Meaning
3 senses(South Africa, countable, historical, uncountable)The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.
The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
Examples
24 sentencesWe supported the anti-apartheid movement.
Israel is ruled by an apartheid regime.
This whole apartheid system should be dismantled.
Luis published many videos in which he criticized the racist apartheid regime.
Apartheid's legacy requires persistent global action.
Origin
Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South ABorrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.
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Forms
plural: apartheids| Singular | apartheid |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
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