"culturicide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kʌlˈt͡ʃʊəɹɪˌsaɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-culturicide.wav Forms: culturicides [plural]
Etymology: From culture + -icide. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|culture|-icide}} culture + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} culturicide (countable and uncountable, plural culturicides)
  1. (uncountable) The systematic destruction of a culture, particularly one unique to a specific ethnicity, or a political, religious, or social group. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Culture
    Sense id: en-culturicide-en-noun-rrQ22LBj Disambiguation of Culture: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -icide, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -icide: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (countable) An instance of such destruction. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-culturicide-en-noun-XspALzib
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: culturcide, culturecide, culturocide Derived forms: culturicidal Related terms: cultural genocide, democide, ethnocide, genocide, populicide

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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