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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, strictly) IPA^(key): /??p??the?t/, /??p??tha?t/
• (US, strictly) enPR: ?-pärt?h?t, IPA^(key): /??p??tha?t/
• (US, alternatively) enPR: ?-pärt?h?t, IPA^(key): /??p??the?t/
• Note: the h is very often not pronounced because of the difficulty of following /t/ with /h/, but the sequence is not pronounced as the digraph th (/ð/, /?/).
• (US, laxly) enPR: ?-pär?t?d, IPA^(key): /??p??.ta?d/

Noun

apartheid (countable and uncountable, plural apartheids)

1. (South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.

   Synonym: plural relations

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, pages 127-8:

     The premise of apartheid was that whites were superior to Africans, Coloureds and Indians, and the function of it was to entrench white supremacy forever.

2. (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
   • 1963, Justice William O. Douglas, concurring, Lombard v. Louisiana (373 U.S. 267):

     When the doors of a business are open to the public, they must be open to all regardless of race if apartheid is not to become engrained in our public […] .

3. (by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:apartheid.

Verb

apartheid (third-person singular simple present apartheids, present participle apartheiding, simple past and past participle apartheided)

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

Antonyms

• antiapartheid

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• hit parade

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apartheid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [??part??it]

Noun

apartheid (uncountable)

1. apartheid

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??p?rt.??i?t/
• Hyphenation: apart?heid

Etymology 1

From apart (“separate, apart”) +? -heid (“-hood”).

Noun

apartheid f (plural apartheden, diminutive apartheidje n)

1. the state of being separate; separateness
2. a characteristic that sets something or someone apart

Descendants

• Afrikaans: apartheid

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid.

Noun

apartheid f (uncountable)

1. the policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990; apartheid
2. (by extension) any similar policy of racial separation
   • 2007 December 13, "Prins Claus en de NCO", Andere Tijden, VPRO.

     In januari 1972 komt een subsidieaanvraag binnen van het Angola Comité voor een boycotactie van koffie afkomstig uit Angola. Het land is in die tijd een provincie van Portugal, dat hardnekkig weigert de voormalige kolonie op te geven. De actie is tegen kolonialisme, rassendiscriminatie en apartheid.

Derived terms

• apartheidsbeleid
• apartheidspolitiek

Anagrams

• hitparade

Finnish

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Noun

apartheid

1. apartheid

Declension

Derived terms

• apartheidpolitiikka

French

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa?.t?jd/
• Hyphenation: a?par?theid

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheid)

1. (historical) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

Synonyms

• ségrégation
• ségrégationnisme
• séparation

Anagrams

• hit-parade

Italian

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.par?tajd/

Noun

apartheid m (invariable)

1. (historical) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

References

• apartheid in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid

Noun

apartheid m (definite singular apartheiden, uncountable)

1. apartheid

References

• “apartheid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “apartheid” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid

Noun

apartheid m (definite singular apartheiden, uncountable)

1. apartheid

References

• “apartheid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?par.txajt/, /a?par.tx?jt/

Noun

apartheid m inan

1. apartheid

Declension

Further reading

• apartheid in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• apartheid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheids)

1. (historical) apartheid (policy of racial separation in South Africa)
2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

Romanian

Etymology

From English apartheid.

Noun

apartheid n (uncountable)

1. apartheid

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

Noun

apartheid m (plural apartheids or apartheid)

1. (historical) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)
2. apartheid (any policy of racial separation)

English

Etymology

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).

From French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from an unattested Latin *biaxius "with two axes".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?ba??s/
• Rhymes: -a??s

Noun

bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)

1. (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

   Synonyms: predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection

   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.

     nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
2. (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
3. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
4. (electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
5. (statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
6. (sports) In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.[from 1560s]
7. (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
   • 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:

     The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.

   • 2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page:

     Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans' bias, and an integral member of the group.

   • 2019, Joelle Weatherford, "Can't stop the K-Pop train", The Eagle (Northeast Texas Community College), 7 May 2019, page 8:

     One in particular, Minho, really caught my eye. He became what is called my bias or favorite member.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bias.

Derived terms

• bias tape
• on the bias

Translations

Verb

bias (third-person singular simple present biases or biasses, present participle biasing or biassing, simple past and past participle biased or biassed)

1. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
2. (electronics) To give a bias to.
   • 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.

     On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.

Translations

Adjective

bias (comparative more bias, superlative most bias)

1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

   Synonym: biased
2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Translations

Adverb

bias (not comparable)

1. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

   to cut cloth bias

Translations

Further reading

• bias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ABIs, AIBs, IABs, IBSA, bais, basi-, isba

Indonesian

Etymology

From English bias, from French biais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bi.as]
• Hyphenation: bi?as

Noun

bias

1. bias,
   1. inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
   2. (statistics) the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
   3. (physics) the turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
   4. (colloquial) a person's favourite member of a idol group, such as K-pop band.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bias” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Old Irish

Verb

bias

1. third-person singular future relative of at·tá
2. third-person singular future relative of benaid

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