Apartheid

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/əpˈɑrtaɪt/ · अपार्टहाइट

Meaning

Policy of racial discrimination

A policy or system of discrimination on grounds of race

हिंदी अर्थ

नस्लीय पृथक्करण की नीति

Example sentences

Apartheid was dismantled in the nineties.

The word apartheid comes from Afrikaans.

Daily use: Apartheid nabbe ke dashak mein khatam hui.

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इसे APART + HEID पढ़िए, और heid में ‘hate’ सुनिए — नफ़रत से लोगों को apart यानी अलग रखना। South Africa में नस्लों को अलग रखने और भेदभाव करने वाली policy apartheid थी।

Read it as APART + HEID (it sounds like ‘hate’): people kept apart by hate. Apartheid was the policy in South Africa that kept races apart and discriminated against them.

Exam note

‘Policy of racial discrimination’ के लिए apartheid। Spelling A-P-A-R-T-H-E-I-D (ei) भी पूछी जाती है; synonym segregation, उल्टा integration या egalitarianism।

Asked as ‘a policy of racial discrimination or segregation’. Spelling is tested too: A-P-A-R-T-H-E-I-D, with ‘ei’; segregation is a synonym and integration or egalitarianism the opposite idea.

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