apartheid
nounUK /əˈpɑːteɪt/
US /əˈpɑːrteɪt/
A system where people are kept apart and treated unfairly because of their race.
The world worked together to end apartheid in South Africa.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Any system or practice that keeps groups of people separate and unequal.
Critics called the school policy a form of apartheid.
3. The former official policy of racial separation in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid for many years.
4. A situation where one group is treated as less important than another.
Some workers described the office as an apartheid of pay and privilege.