Marriages fall apart, but apartness seems a permanent part of the married condition anyway.
Apartheid literally means "the state of being apart", and a sense of "apartness" characterised South African writing not just when the National Party was in power, but to the present day.
We describe two alternative approaches below: apartness spaces, where the fundamental axioms capture the idea of subspaces being apart from one another, and point-free topology, where the notion of open sets and their mutual cover relations are taken as basics.
But plenty of younger Swiss, especially in French-speaking parts like Geneva, regret the sense of aloofness and apartness, from fellow Europeans in particular, that they feel it brings.Thanks to their system of direct democracy, Swiss politicians are coy about offering leadership, taking their cue instead from the popular mood.
Somehow the cool Russian colorings of her voice brought out the apartness of the character, a young woman in a loveless marriage in a foreign land.
The geography of Johannesburg reflects nearly a century of racially driven social engineering that reached a climax under apartheid (literally "apartness"), the system of racial segregation that obtained in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: "apartness," or racial separation) in 1994.
It is renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travellers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: "apartness," or racial separation) in 1994.
Dissatisfaction with the wartime cabinet and fears of urban African militants lay behind the victory of the Reunited National Party (later the National Party [NP]), which ran on a platform of apartheid ("apartness") in the white elections of 1948.
The end of apartheid – "apartness" in Afrikaans – meant to many the start of social and economic equality in South Africa.
Simply by accepting a bauble of thanks from the nation, they would be sacrificing what was best about them – their apartness.
