apartheid

The definition of apartheid refers to a political system where people are clearly divided based on race, gender, class or other such factors.

(noun)

An example of Apartheid is a society where white people are considered superior and people of other races are mistreated.

See apartheid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the official policy (c. 1950-91) of strict racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhites practiced in South Africa

Origin: Afrik, the state of being separate

See apartheid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
A policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
The condition of being separated from others; segregation.

Origin:

Origin: Afrikaans

Origin: : Dutch apart, separate (from French à part, apart; see apart)

Origin: + Dutch -heid, -hood

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