apartheid
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Hungarian
apartheid
NOUN
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FORMAL
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apartheid
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Meaning
system of enforced racial separation
Themes
racial_segregation
|discrimination
|south_africa
|law
|politics
|history
|relationships
Definition
A system in which a government legally enforces the separation and unequal treatment of people based on race, most notably the policy followed in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s.
NOUN
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FORMAL
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apartheid
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Meaning
any enforced social separation system
Themes
segregation
|discrimination
|social_inequality
|institutions
|gender
|economics
|metaphorical_use
|politics
|law
|relationships
Definition
A situation or system in which one social group is kept separate from and treated as inferior to another group, often by social rules or unofficial practices, sometimes extended metaphorically from racial apartheid.
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