anti-apartheidadj.n.
/ˌantɪəˈpɑːteɪt/, /ˌantɪəˈpɑːtʌɪd/, /ˌantɪəˈpɑːtʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iəˈpɑrˌteɪt/, /ˌæn(t)iəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/, /ˌænˌtaɪəˈpɑrˌteɪt/, /ˌænˌtaɪəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/ Now historical.
A. adj.
Opposed to the policy of apartheid in South Africa.Apartheid legislation in South Africa was formally repealed in 1991.
ΚΠ
1951 Afr. Affairs 50 113 Anti-apartheid slogans were shouted by Coloured demonstrators in Trafalgar Square.
1961 Daily Mail 12 Sept. 11/5 Anti-apartheid agitation was all right, but support for the committee was not.
1986 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 24/5 Veteran British anti-apartheid campaigner Bishop Trevor Huddleston..did not believe the South African authorities would allow him into the country.
2011 N.Y. Mag. 14 Feb. 82/1 The son of anti-apartheid intellectuals, Polakow-Suransky attended an experimental school-without-walls public high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
B. n.
Opposition to the policy of apartheid in South Africa, esp. organized protest or campaigning advocating this.See note at sense A.
ΚΠ
1963 Sunday Tel. 31 Mar. 16/2 Unemployment, nuclear disarmament, anti-apartheid, or any of the other causes that have provoked disorder.
1990 Frontline (Johannesburg) Sept. 30 Joe comes from an environment where anti-apartheid was a holy cause.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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