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apartheid definition

apart·heid (ə pär′tāt′; -tīt′, -tīd′)

noun

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

Etymology: Afrik, the state of being separate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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