n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' pär- ˌ t ā t, - ˌ t ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Afrikaans, from apart apart + -heid -hood
Date: 1947
1 : racial segregation specifically : a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of So. Africa
2 : SEPARATION , SEGREGATION <cultural apartheid > <gender apartheid >