Main Entry: apart·heid

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt, -ˌtīt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Afrikaans, from apart apart + -heid -hood

Date: 1947

1 : racial segregation; specifically : a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa
2 : separation, segregation <cultural apartheid> <gender apartheid>