apartheid vs xenophobia

apartheid

noun

  • A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute. 

  • Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination. 

  • The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. 

verb

  • To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race. 

xenophobia

noun

  • A fear of aliens. 

  • A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners. 

  • A fear of strangers or foreigners. 

  • A hatred of strangers or foreigners. 

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