Etymology

apartheid flag

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Afrikaans apartheid
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  1. Afrikaans · derived fromapartheid“separateness”
  2. English todayapartheid flag

From apartheid + flag. From Afrikaans apartheid (“separateness”), and associated with a state that institutionalized and enforced this system of racial segregation.

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