apartheidize

English

Etymology

From apartheid +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, very rare) To increase the apartheidistic nature of.
   • 1979, Krishna Iyer, Of Law and Life, page 50:

     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.

   • 1986, Paul Radley, Jack Rivers and me, page 19:

     Some South African, black, brindle or white (apartheidized or otherwise) after soaking the Seychelles with light.

   • 2010, Satya Singh, My Take: A Predication, page 27:

     To the Native American personality and society; And, dehumanization of apartheidized “Blacks” of 'Dark Continent'

Derived terms

• apartheidization