genocide
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genocide
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/
Where it comes from
From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus), corresponding to geno- + -cide (“killing”). Piecewise doublet of gendercide. Compare genticide.
Coined by Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide (then known by other names; for more information, see Terminology of the Armenian genocide on Wikipedia), massacres of Assyrians (such as the Simele massacre and Seyfo) and the Jewish Holocaust.
noun genocides
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The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, nationality, or similar grounds.
A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.
Similar: genticide
- The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide. linguistic genocide
- The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player in roguelikes. I used genocide in my first ascension, but have been genocideless ever since. Makes the game much more interesting, but then again, if one hasn't ascended yet, it will be interesting anyway.
verb genocides · genociding · genocided
- To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely. Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's […]
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Closest in meaning: race murder, racial extermination, massacre, extermination, annihilation, extinction, eradication, carnage, collective, holocaust, slaughter, rwandan, rwanda, mass murder, ethnic cleansing, ethnocide
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noun systematic killing of substantial numbers of people
| Español | genocidio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대량학살 daeryanghaksal, 집단학살 jipdanhaksal, 집단살해 jipdansalhae, 제노사이드 jenosaideu |
| 日本語 | 集団虐殺 shūdan gyakusatsu, ジェノサイド jenosaido, 大量虐殺 tairyō gyakusatsu |
| 中文 | 種族滅絕 /种族灭绝 zhǒngzú mièjué |
| हिन्दी | नरसंहार narsãhār, जन-वध jan-vadh, जातिसंहार jātisãhār, जातिवध jātivadh, नस्लकुशी naslakuśī |
| Kiswahili | mauaji ya halaiki |
| Português | genocídio |
| Français | génocide |
| Deutsch | Völkermord, Genozid |
| Italiano | genocidio |
| Ελληνικά | γενοκτονία genoktonía |
| Română | genocid |
| Русский | геноци́д genocíd |
| Tiếng Việt | diệt chủng |
| العربية | إِبَادَة جَمَاعِيَّة ʔibāda jamāʕiyya |
| עברית | רֶצַח עַם rétsakh am, הַשְׁמָדַת עַם hashmadát am, גֶ׳נוֹסַיְד jénosayd |
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title = {genocide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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