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ethnocide

ethnocide noun: the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

Noun

ethnocide (countable and uncountable, plural ethnocides)

  1. The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

Forms of ethnocide

pluralethnocides

Origin of ethnocide

From ethno- + -cide.

Words formed from ethnocide

Questions about ethnocide

What does ethnocide mean?
Ethnocide means the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).
What part of speech is ethnocide?
Ethnocide is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnocide?
The plural of ethnocide is ethnocides.

Words near ethnocide in the dictionary

  1. ethnochoreologies
  2. ethnochoreologist
  3. ethnochoreologists
  4. ethnochoreology
  5. ethnocidal
  6. ethnocide
  7. ethnocides
  8. ethnoclass
  9. ethnoclasses
  10. ethnoclassification
  11. ethnoclassifications

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