English Explanatory Dictionary

epistemicide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The destruction of (a targeted people or group's) knowledge.

Word forms

epistemicide epistemicides

Etymology

From Portuguese epistemicídio, coined by Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Equivalent to episteme/epistemic + -(i)cide.

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