Apartheid

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

2.NounAny similar policy of racial segregation or separation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.

"The 1973 Apartheid Convention conferred universal jurisdiction to the state signatories to prosecute those who commit apartheid."

3.NounA policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.

4.VerbTo impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

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