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auto-genocide

auto-genocide is the alternative form of autogenocide.

Meaning of autogenocide

Noun

autogenocide (uncountable)

  1. The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
  2. Genocide of a particular group by members of that group.
    • If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?1977 April 30, Hugh Crell, “Unproductive Onslaughts”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Questions about auto-genocide

What is auto-genocide the alternative form of?
Auto-genocide is the alternative form of autogenocide.

Words near auto-genocide in the dictionary

  1. auto-encoder
  2. auto-ethnocide
  3. auto-fellatio
  4. auto-forwarding
  5. auto-generated
  6. auto-genocide
  7. auto-immune
  8. auto-injector
  9. auto-injectors
  10. auto-intoxication
  11. auto-lube

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