Synonyms for apartheid
əˈpɑrt heɪt, -haɪtapartheid

Princeton's WordNet

1. apartheidnoun

   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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1. • Social Policy

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1. List of paraphrases for "apartheid":

   apartheid-like, racial, segregation, isolation

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How to use apartheid in a sentence?

1. Marwan Muasher:

   Israel today has employed two separate legal systems, one for the Palestinian Arabs and one for Israeli Jews, which is the textbook definition of apartheid, the word apartheid was taboo a few years ago. Today, it is no longer taboo.

2. Ted Deutch:

   I cannot allow one of my colleagues to stand on the floor of the House of Representatives and label the Jewish democratic state of Israel an apartheid state, i reject it.

3. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   Apartheid continues to thrive with the same strength but in a different form, and this puts a heavier burden on the shoulders of those who wish to fight against Apartheid types of injustice.

4. Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin:

   Shame on Israel and those who keep silent in the face of disgraceful attacks, we call on everyone to stand up against the policies of occupation and aggression of this apartheid state.

5. Manuel Pastor:

   The 1960s were about breaking down an apartheid voting system in the South, what we're seeing is an attempt to resurrect a system where certain kinds of people's voices don't become part of the policy process.