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policide

policide noun: the intentional destruction of a nation.

Noun

policide

  1. The intentional destruction of a nation.
  2. The intentional destruction of political activity in a society.
    • In Chile the project of policide—annihilating the Left and more broadly, Center and Left cultural understandings of politics as a process of popular mobilization, via massive killing and abduction of real and alleged Left activists, complemented by additional layers of persecution and fright heaped...2010, Steve J. Stern, Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006

Origin of policide

Coined based on Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city; state”) and the suffix -cide.

Questions about policide

What does policide mean?
Policide means the intentional destruction of a nation.
What part of speech is policide?
Policide is a noun.

Words near policide in the dictionary

  1. policewoman
  2. policewomen
  3. policework
  4. policial
  5. policiary
  6. policide
  7. policied
  8. policier
  9. policiers
  10. policies
  11. policification

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