antiapartheid
Opposing racial separation
Antiapartheid describes opposition to apartheid, the system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
The antiapartheid movement encompassed protests, boycotts, and international sanctions aimed at ending the regime.
The antiapartheid struggle gained worldwide support in the 1980s.
The term appears as both adjective and noun, characterizing activists, organizations, and policies that fought against institutionalized racial separation.
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
sanctions · divestment · embargo · solidarity · struggle · noncompliance · defiance · underground
Ending enforced group separation
- nonracialUnrelated to ethnicity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
egalitarianism · parity · equity · fairness · coexistence · reconciliation · tolerance · harmony
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
unshackle · deliverance · enfranchise · unfetter · release · self-rule · sovereignty · Uhuru
Judicial decision-making body
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
testimony · restitution · prosecution · Nuremberg · injustice
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
campaign · sanctions · divestment · embargo · solidarity · struggle · noncompliance · defiance · underground · clandestine
desegregation
Ending enforced group separation
- nonracialUnrelated to ethnicity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
inclusivity · egalitarianism · parity · equity · fairness · coexistence · reconciliation · tolerance · harmony · ubuntu
freedom
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
autonomy · unshackle · deliverance · enfranchise · unfetter · release · self-rule · sovereignty · Uhuru · decolonization
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
amnesty · testimony · restitution · prosecution · Nuremberg · injustice
PAC
Campaign contribution pooler
antiapartheidapartheid
Racial separation policy
segregationist · white supremacist · Jim Crow · racist · racialist
antiapartheidracist
One prejudiced by ethnicity
white nationalist · ethnonationalist · racialist · discriminatory · exclusionary