English Explanatory Dictionary

ethnocide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

ethnocide ethnocides

Etymology

From ethno- + -cide.

Derived words

auto-ethnocide ethnocidal
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