apartheid meaning

UK US /əˈpɑrtaɪt/ 3 syllables

apartheid (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.

Definition of apartheid

  1. 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

    Type of: social policy

How to pronounce apartheid

apartheid is pronounced /əˈpɑrtaɪt/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with apartheid

Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AP · words ending in ID · 9-letter words

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