Definition of Apartheid
Apartheid
a·part·heid
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(noun)
a system or policy that allows for segregation and economic discrimination on the basis of race, especially such a system that existed in South Africa;
e.g. He enforced apartheid laws and promoted great injustice between races.
(noun)
a system of segregation on the basis of some grounds other than race;
e.g. This policy is a way of enacting gender apartheid and must thus be condemned.
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