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genocide

[ jen-uh-sahyd ]

noun

  1. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.


genocide

/ ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. the policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


genocide

  1. The deliberate destruction of an entire race or nation. The Holocaust conducted by the Nazis in Germany and the Rwandan genocide are examples of attempts at genocide.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌgenoˈcidal, adjective
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  • geno·cidal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of genocide1

First recorded in 1940–45; from Greek géno(s) “race” + -cide
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Word History and Origins

Origin of genocide1

C20: from geno-, from Greek genos race + -cide
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Example Sentences

When taken to an extreme, hateful rhetoric by political leaders can precipitate civil wars and genocides, as was the case in the 1990s in Rwanda, where Hutu extremists used anti-Tutsi radio broadcasts to foment widespread violence.

More still are protesting the movie since parts were filmed in Xinjiang, a minority region of China facing cultural genocide from the government.

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The starkest example of that is the human rights abuses taking place against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups in Xinjiang, where some argue a full-blown genocide is underway.

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The war-on-fire mentality found especially fertile ground in California, a state that had emerged from the genocide and cultural destruction of tribes who understood fire and relied on its benefits to tend their land.

Kitty Genovese is not in Bosnia, but genocide resides there now.

While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.

He was referring to the genocide of Muslims during the Bosnian War.

His latest book is An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers The Armenians?

To get a resolution about genocide passed, he devised a letter-writing campaign.

Watchers of the Sky examines the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the man who succeeded in making genocide an international crime.

Nuclear nightmares intermingled with Armenian and Jewish flashbacks of genocide.

The mystery of our failure at genocide forced an unpleasant decision on Benson.

In a chance encounter with angry Serb mobs in the streets of Pristina he accused the Albanians of genocide.

Genocide is defined as the extermination of a race of sapient beings.

He didn't want to be accused of genocide, since the Lani were so human in appearance.

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