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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

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Word length
9
Starts with
A
Ends with
D
Contains
PA
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
C1

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əˈpɑɹthaɪt

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noun

  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

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