Definition of Apartheid
Apartheid
A·par·theid


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(noun)
System of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination.

e.g. The country finally abolished apartheid after decades of international pressure.

(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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