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historicide

historicide noun: the erasure of history.

Noun

historicide (uncountable)

  1. The erasure of history.

Origin of historicide

From history + -cide.

Questions about historicide

What does historicide mean?
Historicide means the erasure of history.
What part of speech is historicide?
Historicide is a noun.

Words near historicide in the dictionary

  1. historicalness
  2. historicals
  3. historicaster
  4. historicasters
  5. historicentric
  6. historicide
  7. historicisation
  8. historicise
  9. historicised
  10. historicises
  11. historicising

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