noun🔗ShareThe policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990."South Africa's apartheid system led to many inequalities in education and jobs. "politicsgovernmenthistorysocietyracenationrightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination."Even though it wasn't legally enforced, the school's unofficial system of keeping students of different economic backgrounds separate in different classes felt like a form of apartheid. "politicsracegovernmentinhumanhistorysocietylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute."The school's unwritten rules created an academic apartheid, with students from wealthier families receiving more opportunities. "politicsgovernmentsocietyraceinhumanhistoryworldstatemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race."The school district apartheid students by placing them in different classrooms based on their skin color. "politicsracegovernmenthistorysocietylawinhumanmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
