Sekirov Dictionary

apartheid

UK /əˈpɑːtheɪt/US /əˈpɑɹtheɪt/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
Any similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.
- The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid.
•
A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
- In these annual reports, the religious apartheid practices in India are not mentioned at all. — 2009
•
(South-Africa, historical) The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
- She don't care about the rest at all / She's got a system they call apartheid / It keeps a brother in a subjection — 1988

verb1

•
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
- Yes, apartheiding the apartheiders, is what the rest of the world is doing. — 1986

forms

apartheided · apartheiding · apartheids

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