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Nov 30, 2009
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a•part•heid



Pronunciation: (u-pärt'hāt, -hīt), [key]
n.
1. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.
2. any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.

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