ALL meanings of apartheid
a·part·heid
A a - uncountable noun apartheid Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law. 3
- noun apartheid (in South Africa) the official government policy of racial segregation; officially renounced in 1992 3
- noun apartheid the official policy (c. 1950-91) of strict racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhites practiced in South Africa 3
- noun apartheid (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population. 1
- noun apartheid any system or practice that separates people according to color, ethnicity, caste, etc. 1
- noun apartheid (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. 1
- noun apartheid former segregation policy of South Africa 1
- noun apartheid (historical) The discriminatory policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. 0
- noun apartheid (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination. 0
- noun apartheid (by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute. 0
- verb apartheid To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race. 0