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apartheidize

apartheidize verb: to increase the apartheidistic nature of.

Verb

apartheidize (third-person singular simple present apartheidizes, present participle apartheidizing, simple past and past participle apartheidized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To increase the apartheidistic nature of.
    • They stained our language and education with a communal brush and apartheidized our laws, public services and politics with religion, pampered our superstitious backwardness and created a vested interest in divisive national life.1979, Krishna Iyer, Of Law and Life, page 50
    • Some South African, black, brindle or white (apartheidized or otherwise) after soaking the Seychelles with light.1986, Paul Radley, Jack Rivers and me, page 19

Forms of apartheidize

third-person singular presentapartheidizes
present participleapartheidizing
past participleapartheidized
pastapartheidized

Origin of apartheidize

From apartheid + -ize.

Words formed from apartheidize

Questions about apartheidize

What does apartheidize mean?
Apartheidize means to increase the apartheidistic nature of.
What part of speech is apartheidize?
Apartheidize is a verb.
What is the past tense of apartheidize?
The past tense of apartheidize is apartheidized.

Words near apartheidize in the dictionary

  1. apartheidism
  2. apartheidist
  3. apartheidistic
  4. apartheidists
  5. apartheidization
  6. apartheidize
  7. apartheidized
  8. apartheidizes
  9. apartheidizing
  10. apartheidlike
  11. apartheidness

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