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apartheid

a·part·heid [ ə prt ht, ə prt hàyt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
segregated political system: a political system in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s that separated the different peoples living there and gave privileges to those of European origin

[Mid-20th century. < Afrikaans, "separateness" < Dutch apart "separate" < French]
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