apartheid

  • 21Apartheid — Rassentrennung * * * Apart|heid 〈f. 20; unz.; Pol.〉 (bis 1991 offiziell praktizierte) Rassentrennung (in der Südafrikanischen Republik) [Afrikaans <frz. à part „getrennt“ + ndrl. Endung heid (= nhd. heit)] * * * Apart|heid, die; [afrikaans… …

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  • 22apartheid — /euh pahrt hayt, huyt/, n. 1. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population. 2. any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc. [1945 50; < Afrik, equiv. to apart APART +&#8230; …

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  • 23Apartheid — (Voz afrikaans.) ► sustantivo masculino POLÍTICA Segregación racial que se daba especialmente en la República Sudafricana. * * * apartheid (ingl., del afrikaans; pronunc. [aparjéid]) m. Política de segregación racial practicada en Sudáfrica. ⇒&#8230; …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 24apartheid — [[t]əpɑ͟ː(r)thaɪt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law. He praised her role in the struggle against apartheid. ...the anti apartheid movement …

    English dictionary

  • 25apartheid — 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26apartheid — [20] Apartheid is a direct borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid, literally ‘separateness’, which is a compound based on Dutch apart and the suffix heid (related to English hood). The first record of its use in Afrikaans is in 1929, but it does not&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27Apartheid — apart »von eigenartigem Reiz; geschmackvoll«: Das seit dem 16. Jh. bezeugte Adjektiv ist durch Zusammenrückung entstanden, und zwar aus der frz. Fügung à part »beiseite, abgesondert; besonders; eigenartig«, wobei sich die ursprüngliche Bed. des&#8230; …

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  • 28apartheid — {{#}}{{LM A02860}}{{〓}} {{[}}apartheid{{]}} {{■}}(afr.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Segregación racial, legislada y promovida por la minoría blanca, que sufrían las personas de color en la República de Sudáfrica (país africano): • Ese líder sudafricano …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 29Apartheid — die Apartheid (Aufbaustufe) Rassentrennung in Südafrika Beispiel: Die Apartheid wurde in den 90er Jahren abgeschafft …

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  • 30apartheid — [20] Apartheid is a direct borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid, literally ‘separateness’, which is a compound based on Dutch apart and the suffix heid (related to English hood). The first record of its use in Afrikaans is in 1929, but it does not&#8230; …

    Word origins