"ethnocide" meaning in English

See ethnocide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ethnocides [plural]
Etymology: ethno- + -cide Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ethno|cide|id2=killing}} ethno- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnocide (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). Derived forms: auto-ethnocide Translations (Translations): etnomurha (Finnish), ethnocide [masculine] (French), etnocidio [masculine] (Italian), etnocyd [masculine] (Polish), этноци́д (etnocíd) [masculine] (Russian), etnocidio [masculine] (Spanish), етноци́д (etnocýd) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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