policy of apartheid
1apartheid — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [uh PART hiyt] any practice of racial segregation, but especially that in South Africa. A policy of apartheid separates blacks from whites. SYN.: segregation, separation, discrimination, racism,… …
2apartheid — (n.) 1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a S.African socio political context), lit. separateness, from Du. apart separate (from Fr. àpart; see APART (Cf. apart)) + suffix heid, cognate of English HOOD (Cf. hood). The… …
3apartheid — n. [Afrikaans, fr. D. apart apart + heid hood.] 1. segregation by race; a term used in South Africa. Syn: racial segregation [WordNet 1.5] 2. the official policy of strict segregation by race practised by the government of the Union of South… …
4apartheid — [ə pär′tāt΄; ə pär′tīt΄, ə pärt′tīd΄] n. [Afrik, the state of being separate] the official policy (c. 1950 91) of strict racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhites practiced in South Africa …
5South Africa under apartheid — Apartheid (meaning separateness in Afrikaans, cognate to English apart and ) was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1990. Apartheid had its roots in the history of… …
6apartheid — /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 +… …
7Apartheid — „Badebereich nur für Angehörige der weißen Rasse“ – dreisprachiges Schild (englisch, afrikaans, isiZulu) am Strand der Großstadt Durban, 1989 Als Apartheid („Getrenntheit“, gebildet aus dem Afrikaans oder Niederländischen Adjektiv apart für… …
8apartheid — noun /əˈpɑːthaɪt,əˈpɑːtheɪt/lang=en/əˈpɑrthaɪt/lang=en/əˈpɑrtheɪt/lang=en a) The policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990. The premise of apartheid was that whites were superior to Africans, Coloureds and Indians, and… …
9apartheid — 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 …
10Apartheid Alimentaire — A French term (“dietary apartheid”) used to criticize the provision of “secular” school meals for religiously observant students in some parts of France. Exploring the challenges of accommodating Islam into public policy, The Economist reported:… …