"ethnocide" meaning in English

See ethnocide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ethnocide.wav Forms: ethnocides [plural]
Etymology: From ethno- + -cide. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ethno|cide|id2=killing}} ethno- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ethnocide (countable and uncountable, plural ethnocides)
  1. The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide). Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: auto-ethnocide, ethnocidal Translations (Translations): etnocidi [masculine] (Catalan), etnomurha (Finnish), ethnocide [masculine] (French), εθνοκτονία (ethnoktonía) [feminine] (Greek), etnocidio [masculine] (Italian), etnocyd [masculine] (Polish), etnocídio [masculine] (Portuguese), этноци́д (etnocíd) [masculine] (Russian), etnocidio [masculine] (Spanish), етноци́д (etnocýd) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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