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Apartheid

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Noun

1. apartheid

a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

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Apartheid

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noun
(in South Africa) the official government policy of racial segregation; officially renounced in 1992

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Apartheid

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noun
the official policy (c. 1950-91) of strict racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhites practiced in South Africa

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Apartheid

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n.
1. An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
2. A policy or practice of separating or segregating groups.
3. The condition of being separated from others; segregation.

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