APARTHEID

apartheid

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

apartheid (countable and uncountable, plural apartheids)

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.

(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.

Verb

apartheid (third-person singular simple present apartheids, present participle apartheiding, simple past and past participle apartheided)

To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

Antonyms

• antiapartheid

Anagrams

• hit parade

Source: Wiktionary



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