omnicide
Meanings
noun
- The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.
- Someone or something that causes total destruction.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From omni- (“all”) + -cide (“killing; killer”).
Related words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.