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identicide

identicide noun: the deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.

Noun

identicide

  1. The deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.

Origin of identicide

identity + -cide

Questions about identicide

What does identicide mean?
Identicide means the deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.
What part of speech is identicide?
Identicide is a noun.

Words near identicide in the dictionary

  1. identicalnesses
  2. identicals
  3. identicard
  4. identicards
  5. identicial
  6. identicide
  7. identick
  8. identicle
  9. identicon
  10. identicons
  11. identifiability

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