English Dictionary

apartheid

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈpɑːtheɪt/

名詞

南アフリカ英語 可算名詞 歴史的 不可算名詞 広義

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. / (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

日本語の意味

南アフリカで1948年から1990年にかけて実施された、人種を隔離・分離する政策。 / その政策と同様に人種隔離・分離および差別を行う政策全般。

Many historians study apartheid to understand its impact on South African society.

多くの歴史家は、1948年から1990年にかけて南アフリカで実施された人種隔離政策（アパルトヘイト）が国民に与えた影響を理解するためにそれを研究している。

意味（1）

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.

The premise of apartheid was that whites were superior to Africans, Coloureds and Indians, and the function of it was to entrench white supremacy forever.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] .

意味（3）

(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.

Fifteen minutes drive to the Brown Trout was guaranteed to satisfy my appetite because there, as with other clubs and hotel bars, a form of sex apartheid was practised. The males assembled in the region of the bar and the opposite gender either sat discreetly detached or strayed outside to gossip gaily among themselves.

apartheids （ plural ）