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1. (n.) apartheid
(in the Republic of South Africa) a former rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.

2. apartheid
any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.

Etymology: (1945–50; < Afrik, =apartapart+-heid -hood)

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1. (noun) 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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