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apartheid


a·part·heid  (-p?rtht, -ht)
n.
1. An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
2. A policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
3. The condition of being separated from others; segregation.
[Afrikaans : Dutch apart, separate (from French ? part, apart; see apart) + Dutch -heid, -hood.]


apartheid  /prtet, tat/  n. [U] racial separation of people by government policy: In the Republic of South Africa, the policy of apartheid has officially been stopped.

Usage Note: Compare apartheid and segregation. The term apartheid comes from South Africa, where it is no longer officially practiced. Some forms of apartheid may still exist in other countries. apartheid
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