genticide

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genticide

/ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪd/ UK
/ˈd͡ʒɛntəsaɪd/ US

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From the Latin gēns (“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”, oblique stem: gent-) + -cide (“a killing of”). The combination represents a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *genticīdium, regularly formed from gēns + -cīdium. Compare genericide and genocide.

noun genticides

rare The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. When we call unjust war murder, we give it too mild a name. It is wholesale murder; it is what might be denominated genticide, or the murder of nations.
rare The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative. Thus the hatred of the kin group was the highest penalty for genticide or the murder of a clansman: […]
Similar: parricide

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@misc{genticide_2026,
  title = {genticide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/genticide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}