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autogenocide

autogenocide noun: the extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.

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

Forms of autogenocide

alternative formauto-genocide

Origin of autogenocide

From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.

Questions about autogenocide

What does autogenocide mean?
Autogenocide means the extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
What part of speech is autogenocide?
Autogenocide is a noun.

Words near autogenocide in the dictionary

  1. autogenetically
  2. autogenic
  3. autogenic training
  4. autogenically
  5. autogenics
  6. autogenocide
  7. autogenous
  8. autogenously
  9. autogeny
  10. autogeosynclinal
  11. autogeosyncline

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