Apartheid - English meaning

noun

(in south africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

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An interesting point that rose was quoted on in the guardian was that he applied the same boycott t…

noun

(in the past) a political system in south africa that legally separated people of different races

noun

In the past in south africa, a system under which people of different races were kept separate by law, and white people were given more political rights and educational and other advantages

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South africa finally began to dismantle (= end) apartheid., archbishop tutu said that when south af…

noun

A system of keeping groups of people separate and treating them differently, especially when this results in disadvantage for one group

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She is a long-time critic of what she calls "gender apartheid" in her country., opponents of specia…