apartheid

• Substantivo que designa uma política oficial de segregação racial e discriminação, abrangendo discriminação política, econômica e jurídica contra pessoas não brancas, especialmente na África do Sul.

A noun referring to a former official policy of racial segregation and discrimination, involving political, economic, and legal discrimination against non-white people, particularly in South Africa.

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1. System of racial segregationB2formal

   A former official policy in South Africa that enforced racial segregation and political, economic, and legal discrimination against non-white people.

   Sistema de segregação racial

   • The apartheid regime in South Africa ended in the early 1990s.
   • Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid for decades.
   • Many countries imposed sanctions on South Africa due to apartheid.

   Antônimosassimilationequalityinclusionintegration

2. Any system of segregationC1formal

   Any system or policy that separates people based on race, ethnicity, or other characteristics, often leading to discrimination.

   Sistema de segregação

   • Some critics argue that certain housing policies create a form of apartheid.
   • The term 'apartheid' is sometimes used to describe extreme social divisions.
   • Gender apartheid refers to the systematic discrimination against women.

   Sinônimosdiscriminationdivisionexclusionracial segregationsegregationseparatism

   Antônimosassimilationdesegregationdiversityequalityinclusionintegration