culturecide
culturecide is the alternative form of culturicide.
Meaning of culturicide
Noun
culturicide (countable and uncountable, plural culturicides)
- The systematic destruction of a culture, particularly one unique to a specific ethnicity, or a political, religious, or social group.
- If culturicide is to be prevented, certain means must be employed.1969, New Physician, volume 18, Reston, Va.: American Medical Student Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 617
- An instance of such destruction.
- Our mission is not only to stop the "culturecides" initiated by us, but also to recognize the treasures of experience, wisdom, and subtlety in the cultures we are annihilating.2003, Edgar Morin, “European Civilization: Properties and Challenges”, in Mehdi Mozaffari, editor, Globalization and Civilizations, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
Forms of culturecide
| plural | culturecides |
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Origin of culturecide
From culture + -cide.
Words formed from culturecide
Questions about culturecide
- What is culturecide the alternative form of?
- Culturecide is the alternative form of culturicide.
Words near culturecide in the dictionary
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