English Explanatory Dictionary

identicide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.

Word forms

identicide

Etymology

identity + -cide

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