Definition of "ethnocide" [ethnocide]

• The destruction of a culture. (noun)

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• "- L'viv, 2001), 654 pp. [16] Explaining that he was combining "the ancient Greek word" genos "(race, tribe) and the Latin" cide "(killing)," he added in a footnote, "Another term could be used for the same idea, namely," ethnocide, "consisting of the Greek word 'ethnos'-nation-and the Latin word"
• "The group says it wrote the prince Friday to say he will be welcome in Quebec if he apologizes for "ethnocide" of francophones after New France passed into the hands of Britain in 1763."
• "On the other hand, we have made far more serious efforts at ethnocide over the last century and a half, developed and used truly horrific weapons in two world wars, etc."