apartheid
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) strictly IPA: /əˈpɑːthaɪt/, SAMPA: /@"pA:thaIt/ or IPA: /əˈpɑːtheɪt/, SAMPA: /@"pA:theIt/ but the h is very often not pronounced because of the difficulty of following /t/ by /h/
- (US) strictly enPR: ə-pärtʹhīt, IPA: /əˈpɑrthaɪt/, SAMPA: /@"pArthaIt/ Audio (US)help, file or enPR: ə-pärtʹhāt, IPA: /əˈpɑrtheɪt/ Audio (US)help, file, SAMPA: /@"pArtheIt/ but the h is very often not pronounced because of the difficulty of following /t/ by /h/
[edit] Etymology
From Afrikaans apartheid (1929 in a South African socio-political context), literally "separateness", "apartness", from Dutch apart (“‘separate’”) (from French àpart) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.
[edit] Noun
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apartheid (uncountable)
- The policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
- By extension, any similar policy of racial separation.
[edit] Quotations
- 1963 "When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public [...]" — Lombard v. Louisiana 373 U.S. 267 (Justice William O. Douglas, concurring)
[edit] Translations
policy of racial separation in South Africa
any policy of racial separation
[edit] Anagrams
- Alphagram: aadehiprt
- hit parade
[edit] Afrikaans
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apartheid
[edit] Finnish
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apartheid
[edit] Declension
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Declension of apartheid (type risti)
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[edit] Italian
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apartheid m. inv.