Apartheid

German (Berlin)

noun
Definitions
  • apartheid South African policy of racial discrimination
  • apartheid, segregation policy or situation of discrimination based on a specified attribute

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (separateness, apartness).

Origin

Afrikaans

apartheid

Gloss

separateness, apartness

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