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culturicides

culturicides is the plural of culturicide.

Meaning of culturicide

Noun

culturicide (countable and uncountable, plural culturicides)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (countable) 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 culturicides

alternative formculturcides
alternative formculturecides

Questions about culturicides

What is culturicides the plural of?
Culturicides is the plural of culturicide.

Words near culturicides in the dictionary

  1. culturewise
  2. culturgen
  3. culturgens
  4. culturicidal
  5. culturicide
  6. culturicides
  7. culturing
  8. culturings
  9. culturism
  10. culturisms
  11. culturist

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