xenocide
/ˈzɛnəsaɪd/
xenocide noun: the killing of a stranger or foreigner.
Noun
xenocide (countable and uncountable, plural xenocides)
- The killing of a stranger or foreigner.
- As notorious examples of ritual xenocide, suffice it to mention the foreigners sacrificed on the altar of the goddess Artemis in Colchis, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, 4.45) as well as the ritual of beheading strangers when the reaping season drew...2009, Andrei Oisteanu, Inventing the Jew: Antisemitic Stereotypes
- The genocide of an entire alien species.
- The age that began with one xenocide attempted had now ended with other xenocides prevented or, at least, postponed.1996, Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind
- The intentional killing of an entire foreign (plant or animal) species.
Forms of xenocide
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Origin of xenocide
From xeno- + -cide.
Words formed from xenocide
Questions about xenocide
- What does xenocide mean?
- Xenocide means the killing of a stranger or foreigner.
- What part of speech is xenocide?
- Xenocide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce xenocide?
- Xenocide is pronounced /ˈzɛnəsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of xenocide?
- The plural of xenocide is xenocides.
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