anti-apartheid

adjective

an·​ti-apar·​theid ˌan-tē-ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt How to pronounce anti-apartheid (audio)
-ˌtīt,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to the former apartheid policy in the Republic of South Africa
anti-apartheid groups

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As a high school and college student in the 1970s, Ramaphosa took an active role in the anti-apartheid movement. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Shirley’s mentorship helped South African operatives target, detain, and eliminate anti-apartheid activists. Time, 22 May 2025 Image The chant was popularized during the anti-apartheid movement in the 1990s, when Black South Africans were fighting a brutal and racist regime. Eve Sampson, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Videos were cued up on a large TV set to show a clip of an opposition party leader, Julius Malema, leading an old anti-apartheid song. Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-apartheid

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First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-apartheid was in 1951

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“Anti-apartheid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-apartheid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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