apartheid
/əˈpɑːtaɪt/noun
उच्चारण अपार्टाइट
रंगभेद, नस्ली अलगाव की नीति (दक्षिण अफ़्रीका की)
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the former political system in South Africa in which people of different races were kept apart by law and black people were denied equal rights
रंगभेद, नस्ली अलगाव की नीति (दक्षिण अफ़्रीका की)
- Nelson Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison for fighting apartheid.
- Apartheid was dismantled in the early 1990s.
- Students read about the struggle against apartheid in Class 10 history.
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- Under apartheid, people were forced to live in separate areas.
- The world united to oppose apartheid with sanctions.
Synonyms racial segregation racism discrimination
Opposite equality integration
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a·part·heid
Spelling and pronunciation, asked very often: a-part-heid, with -heid (not 'aparthied' or 'apartheit'); pronounced /əˈpɑːtaɪt/ or /-heɪt/, the d sounding like t.
Spelling और pronunciation में यह शब्द बहुत पूछा जाता है: a-part-heid, अंत में -heid ('aparthied' या 'apartheit' गलत है); pronunciation /əˈpɑːtaɪt/ या /-heɪt/, d की ध्वनि t जैसी।
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One-word substitution
The policy of keeping races apart; from Afrikaans, meaning 'apartness'.
'नस्लों को अलग रखने की नीति' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; Afrikaans से, जिसका अर्थ 'अलगाव' है।
General knowledge
Apartheid in South Africa, 1948 to 1994; Mandela became President in 1994; India was the first country to raise apartheid at the UN.
दक्षिण अफ़्रीका में apartheid, 1948 से 1994; मंडेला 1994 में राष्ट्रपति बने; संयुक्त राष्ट्र में apartheid का मुद्दा सबसे पहले भारत ने उठाया।