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apartheidness

apartheidness noun: the condition or quality of being like apartheid.

Noun

apartheidness (uncountable)

  1. The condition or quality of being like apartheid.
    • But Nature mocks at our "apartheidness"; incessantly she erodes our boundaries, forcing us to erect new and still newer ones and perpetually to re-adjust the transitory ideas that led to their creation.1965, Diamond Jenness, Eskimo Administration: III. Labrador, numbers 16-18, page 72
    • And attesting to the continued spread of social democracy is the strong demand to integrate the public with the private schools and eradicate social apartheidness.1967, Geography and National Power, page 44

Origin of apartheidness

From apartheid + -ness.

Questions about apartheidness

What does apartheidness mean?
Apartheidness means the condition or quality of being like apartheid.
What part of speech is apartheidness?
Apartheidness is a noun.

Words near apartheidness in the dictionary

  1. apartheidize
  2. apartheidized
  3. apartheidizes
  4. apartheidizing
  5. apartheidlike
  6. apartheidness
  7. apartheids
  8. aparthood
  9. aparthotel
  10. aparthotels
  11. apartment

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