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Word: Apartheid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s: from Afrikaans, literally ‘separateness’, from Dutch apart ‘separate’ + -heid (equivalent of -hood)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈpɑːtʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈpɑːtʌɪd
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈpɑːteɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
Short Definition:(in South Africa) policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
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