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   apartheid

   /əˈpɑːteɪt/

   noun

   • 1. (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. historical
   • ▪ segregation on grounds other than race: historical "gender apartheid"

   Word Origin 1940s: from Afrikaans, literally ‘separateness’, from Dutch apart ‘separate’ + -heid (equivalent of -hood).

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