apartheid
noun[U]
uk/əˈpɑː.taɪt//əˈpɑː.teɪt/us/əˈpɑːr.teɪt//əˈpɑːr.taɪt/in the past inSouthAfrica, asystemunder whichpeopleof differentraceswerekeptseparatebylaw, andwhitepeoplewere given morepoliticalrightsandeducationaland otheradvantages:
SouthAfricafinallybegantodismantle(= end)apartheid.
Archbishop Tutu said that whenSouthAfricanswerefightingapartheid, they weresupportedbypeopleworldwide.
He was animportantleaderin thestruggleagainst the apartheidregime.
asystemofkeepinggroupsofpeopleseparateandtreatingthemdifferently,especiallywhen thisresultsindisadvantagefor onegroup:
She is along-timecriticof what shecalls"genderapartheid" in hercountry.
Opponents ofspecialschoolsseethem aseducationalapartheid.
- During the late 1980s and 1990s,SouthAfricawasundergoingitsdramatictransitionfrom apartheid toblackmajorityrule.
- The Winds of Change is afascinatingcollectionofsongsassociatedwith thestruggleagainst apartheid.
- HedescribesGaelic-onlylaws, whichmeanpeoplehave topassanIrishtestbeforebuyingahousein thearea, as "linguisticapartheid".
- Sheclaimsthere is akindoftourismapartheidoperatingon theisland.
Systems of government
- a reign of terroridiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-apartheid
- anti-communism
- anti-federalist
- democratization
- democratize
- despotic
- despotically
- despotism
- martial law
- matriarchal
- matriarchy
- meritocracy
- meritocratic
- pre-fascist
- regime
- reign
- republican
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