apartheid
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- noun
- /əˈpɑːrˌteɪd/
- Annexing the West Bank and Gaza without fully integrating Palestinians would be perceived by the world as apartheid.
- gender apartheid
- form of apartheid
- apartheid system
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Examples
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But can we say we have gender apartheid in American medicine?
Academic text (2001) -
Nevertheless, many in Chester have tried to fight back against this exercise in environmental apartheid.
Academic text (2000) -
And as for "apartheid," anyone who thinks this is an apartheid state knows nothing.
Blog text (19) -
If we analyze Israel's overall policies, apartheid is one of the control factors regarding Palestinians.
Blog text (15) -
In the economic sphere, commercial marginalization and technological apartheid have been mentioned frequently.
Academic text (2000) -
Mandela had been jailed for speaking out against apartheid until it was abolished in 1990.
Blog text (9) -
As for black children, they were invisible to the white community, cloaked by the apartheid of segregated schools and churches.
Fiction book (2000) -
Since 1967, with Washington's unprecedented backing, the Israelis have established a new kind of apartheid.
Academic text (1992) -
Many students in the country face digital apartheid due to unequal access to technology.
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The report highlighted the persistent economic apartheid affecting low-income neighborhoods in the city.
Synonyms
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6.1
Authorities keep people apart by race or religion, often with different facilities
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9.9
A belief that keeps people of different races or religions apart
Antonyms
Compounds
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A period in South Africa 1948–early 1990s when the government kept races separate and treated non-white people unfairly
- South African
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Keeping people of different races apart in everyday public places like hotels and trains
How Segregated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apartheid comes from Afrikaans and Dutch parts apart 'separate' and -heid 'state' or 'ness', so it literally means a 'state of being apart' and is now used by comparison to describe strong separation or exclusion in areas like housing, the internet, or services.