"memorycide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: memorycides [plural]
Etymology: From memory + -cide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|memory|cide|id2=killing}} memory + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} memorycide (countable and uncountable, plural memorycides)
  1. The deliberate destruction of all traces and physical reminders of a people. Wikipedia link: memoricide Tags: countable, uncountable

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Alternative forms

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