apartheid C2+ Topic:Social Issues & Human Rights US /əˈpɑrtaɪt/ UK /əˈpɑːthaɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination The struggle against apartheid drew worldwide support and sanctions. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a system of... segregationseparationdiscrimination ↔ Opposites integrationequality Word family Related forms apart Etymology AI details From Afrikaans apartheid ('separateness'), from Dutch apart ('apart, separate') + the suffix -heid ('-hood'). Apart derives from French à part ('to the side'). apartheid Afrikaans View etymology graph -> Topics Social Issues & Human Rights External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # apartheid **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈpɑrtaɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈpɑːthaɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination ## Examples - The struggle against apartheid drew worldwide support and sanctions. ## Synonyms - segregation - separation - discrimination ## Antonyms - integration - equality ## Related Forms - apart ## Roots and Affixes - Root: apartheid ## Etymology From Afrikaans apartheid ('separateness'), from Dutch apart ('apart, separate') + the suffix -heid ('-hood'). Apart derives from French à part ('to the side'). ## AI Etymology apartheid comes from Afrikaans apartheid ('separateness'), from Dutch apart ('apart, separate') + the suffix -heid ('-hood'). Apart derives from French à part ('to the side'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the noun sense is "a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as apart, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Afrikaans apartheid, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material. ## Topics - Social Issues & Human Rights markdown