final solution
Meanings
noun
- The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
- Any similar attempted or successful genocide.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see final, solution.
name
- Alternative letter-case form of final solution (“attempted mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis”).
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution to the Jewish Question”)
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