apartheid
/əˈpɑːtheɪt/noun
mass noun
1- historical (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race〈史〉（南非）种族隔离（或歧视）政策（或制度）。
1.1
- segregation in other contexts分离, 隔离：
sexual apartheid.
按性别隔离。
Adopted by the successful Afrikaner National Party as a slogan in the 1948 election, apartheid extended and institutionalized existing racial segregation. Despite rioting and terrorism at home and isolation abroad from the 1960s onwards, the white regime maintained the apartheid system with only minor relaxation until February 1991.
词源
1940s: from Afrikaans， literally 'separateness'， from Dutch apart 'separate' + -heid （equivalent of -HOOD）.