a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
"The documentary vividly portrays how apartheid systematically stripped Black citizens of their basic rights under South African law."
The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
"The global outcry grew louder as the world condemned South Africa's apartheid, a system that enforced strict racial segregation for decades."
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
"The government's new laws institutionalized apartheid by forcing Black citizens to live in separate townships far from the city center."