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apartheid

/æpɑːrteɪd/ noun · British & US
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What does apartheid mean?

noun

A system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa from 1948 to 1994, in which the rights of the non-white majority were systematically oppressed by the white minority government.

Example

"The apartheid regime was widely condemned by the international community for its brutal suppression of black South Africans."

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