Apartheid Definition

ə-pärthīt, -hāt
noun
An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
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The official policy (c. 1950-91) of strict racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhites practiced in South Africa.
Webster's New World
A policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
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Any policy or condition of discriminatory segregation or separation.
Webster's New World
The condition of being separated from others; segregation.
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Other Word Forms of Apartheid

Noun

Singular:
apartheid
Plural:
apartheids

Origin of Apartheid

  • From Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally “separateness”, “apartness”, from Dutch apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

    From Wiktionary

  • Afrikaans Dutch apart separate (from French à part apart apart) Dutch -heid -hood

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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