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- Dictionaryapartheid/əˈpɑːteɪt/
noun
- 1. (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. historical
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Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning "separateness", or "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood" (from the Afrikaans suffix -heid). Its first recorded use was in 1929.
The meaning of APARTHEID is racial segregation; specifically : a former policy of segregation and political, social, and economic discrimination against the non-white majority in the Republic of South Africa. How to use apartheid in a sentence.
Jun 17, 2024 · Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
a system of keeping groups of people separate and treating them differently, especially when this results in disadvantage for one group: She is a long-time critic of what she calls " gender apartheid" in her country. Opponents of special schools see them as educational apartheid. Fewer examples.
Oct 7, 2010 · Apartheid, the legal and cultural segregation of the non-white citizens of South Africa, ended in 1994 thanks to activist Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk.
Apartheid ( Afrikaans: “apartness”) is the name of the policy that governed relations between the white minority and the nonwhite majority of South Africa during the 20th century.
Apartheid refers to the system of racist segregation and political and economic oppression enacted and upheld by white people in South Africa to deny Black and other nonwhite people equal rights. Apartheid became the official policy of South Africa in 1948 (though racist segregation policies had been employed before that).
