racial segregation and discrimination (in South Africa)
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Apartheid Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
1.An official policy of racial segregation practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
2. Any policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
3. The condition of being separated from others; segregation.
EG:I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberators -- they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?(B.STREISAND)
2. Any policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
3. The condition of being separated from others; segregation.
EG:I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberators -- they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?(B.STREISAND)
Noun
1. a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites; the former official policy in South Africa
(hypernym) social policy
Apartheid Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Until recently, the system of strict racial segregation established in South Africa.
Apartheid Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apartheid (, separateness) was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994, under which the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and minority rule by white people was maintained.
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