The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word APARTHEID
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More clues leading to the result APARTHEID
- Help about element helium separation
- A role Swiss heroine reduced in political system
- African people’s leaders overcoming hatred, one twisted regime
- Head trip on drugs with a wicked white line?
- Pirate had dreadful racist policy
- At sea pirate had a wicked form of rule
- Out-of-date colour scheme
- Help incorporating standard article shows discrimination
- Colour scheme that’s properly out of date
- Rebellious pair hated segregation
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The straight part
We know that "Out-of-date colour scheme" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case out-of-date colour scheme = apartheid.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does APARTHEID mean?
APARTHEID noun- The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
- (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
- (by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
- To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.