Definition of Apartheid

1. Noun. 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.

Generic synonyms: Social Policy

Definition of Apartheid

1. Noun. The policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990. ¹

2. Noun. By extension, any similar policy of racial separation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apartheid

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Literary usage of Apartheid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Season of Hope: Economic Reform Under Mandela And Mbeki by Alan Hirsch (2005)
"O'Dowd argued that apartheid and capitalism were inherently incompatible and that economic growth would eventually lead to the disintegration of apartheid. ..."

2. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa: Perspectives, Practices by Renuka Vithal, Jill Adler, Christine Keitel (2005)
"To do this I draw on my own research into the history of mathematics education in South Africa during the apartheid period (Khuzwayo 2000). ..."

3. Shifting Understandings Of Skills In South Africa: Overcoming The Historical by Simon A. McGrath, Human Sciences Research Council (2004)
"It also sheds light on the reformist attempts by the late apartheid state to transform the skills regime by moving the system ..."

4. State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004 by John Daniel, Adam Habib, Roger Southall (2004)
"AIDS infection in post-apartheid South Africa represents a fundamental crisis for the country. A recent national survey concluded that 11,4 per cent of ..."

5. Philosophy, Humanity and Ecology: Vol. 1: Philosophy of Nature edited by J. Odera Oruka (1996)
"As part of this task, this chapter reflects on the conflict between the political thought and praxis of someone who epitomizes apartheid in its classical, ..."

6. Divide and Rule: State-sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya by Binaifer Nowrojee, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Bronwen Manby, Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"... LAND AND GRAND apartheid From the outset, the South Africans dispossessed and disenfranchised the indigenous population. The Territory was governed by ..."

7. Empowerment Through Economic Transformation by Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"i Chapter 12 Droughts and Floods in Post-apartheid South Africa Abstract Patrick Bond and Greg Ruiters This chapter considers post-apartheid water policy, ..."

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