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Noun: apartheid  u'paa(r),teyt or u'paa(r),tId or u'paa(r),tIt
  1. A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

Derived forms: apartheids

Type of: social policy

Encyclopedia: Apartheid