English Dictionary

apartheid

/əˈpɑːtheɪt/

noun

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. / (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

During the apartheid era, racial segregation was enforced in South Africa.

意味（1）

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.

The premise of apartheid was that whites were superior to Africans, Coloureds and Indians, and the function of it was to entrench white supremacy forever.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] .

意味（3）

(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.

Fifteen minutes drive to the Brown Trout was guaranteed to satisfy my appetite because there, as with other clubs and hotel bars, a form of sex apartheid was practised. The males assembled in the region of the bar and the opposite gender either sat discreetly detached or strayed outside to gossip gaily among themselves.