Noun: apartheid u'paa(r),teyt or u'paa(r),tId or u'paa(r),tIt
- A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
"The apartheid system in South Africa was dismantled in the 1990s"
Derived forms: apartheids
Type of: social policy
Encyclopedia: Apartheid