APARTHEID


Meaning of APARTHEID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt, -ˌtīt ]

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 South Africa

2. : separation , segregation

cultural apartheid

gender apartheid

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.