apartheid
pronunciation
How to pronounce apartheid in British English:
UK [əˈpɑ:taɪt]
How to pronounce apartheid in American English:
US [əˈpɑrtaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites; the former official policy in South Africa
Word Origin
- apartheid
- apartheid: [20] Apartheid is a direct borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid, literally ‘separateness’, which is a compound based on Dutch apart and the suffix -heid (related to English -hood). The first record of its use in Afrikaans is in 1929, but it does not appear in English-language contexts until 1947.
- apartheid (n.)
- 1947 (policy begun 1948), from Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally "separateness," from Dutch apart "separate" (from French àpart; see apart) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood. The official English synonym was separate development (1955)."Segregation" is such an active word that it suggests someone is trying to segregate someone else. So the word "apartheid" was introduced. Now it has such a stench in the nostrils of the world, they are referring to "autogenous development." [Alan Paton, "New York Times," Oct. 24, 1960]
Example
- 1. Since apartheid , white south africans have become introspective .
- 2. Educational apartheid is one of the craziest aspects of modern england .
- 3. And apartheid ended in south africa .
- 4. Under apartheid , blacks were kept down .
- 5. But the maldives operates touristic apartheid .