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gen·o·cide

(jĕn′ə-sīd′)

The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

[Greek genos, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]

gen′o·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.

gen′o·cid′al·ly adv.

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genocide

(ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group

[C20: from geno-, from Greek genos race + -cide]

ˌgenoˈcidal adj

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gen•o•cide

(ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd)

n.

the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

[1940–45; < Greek géno(s) race + -cide]

gen`o•cid′al, adj.

genocide

1. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or national group.
2. an actor in this process. — genocidal, adj.

genocide

noun massacre, killing, murder, slaughter, holocaust, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), carnage, extermination, mass murder, annihilation, pogrom, butchery, mass slaughter They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out.

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Translations

إبادَه جَماعِيَّه

геноцид

genocida

folkemord

genocid

népirtásfajirtás

òjóîarmorîþjóðarmorð

genocidio

genocidas

genocīds

folkemord

ludobójstwo

геноцид

genocída

genocid

soykırım

种族灭绝

genocide

[ˈdʒenəʊsaɪd] N → genocidio m

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genocide

[ˈdʒɛnəsaɪd] n → génocide m

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genocide

n → Völkermord m, → Genozid nt (geh)

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genocide

[ˈdʃɛnəʊˌsaɪd] n → genocidio

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genocide

(ˈdʒenəsaid) noun

the deliberate killing of a race of people.

gen·o·cide

n. genocidio, exterminación sistemática de un grupo étnico.

References in periodicals archive ?

The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has published a book on historic incidents of genocide and mass murder and expressed its desire to see it included in the Cambodian school curriculum.

DC-Cam publishes book on genocide

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland said that she remains fully committed to protecting the international legal order and its key postulates, reiterating that "genocide has no place in the modern world."

Freeland: Genocide has no place in modern world

Islamabad -- Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that today international organization for human rights 'Genocide watch' also confirmed Pakistan's stance over the occupied Kashmir.

'Genocide watch' confirms Pakistan's stance over occupied Kashmir: FM

Genocide Watch, a US-based organization, has issued a genocide alert for occupied Kashmir in the wake of India's ongoing clampdown following revocation of its special status.

Genocide Watch issues genocide alert for occupied Kashmir - Press Release issued by Kashmir Media Service

PHNOM PENH: The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has awarded the 2019 Engaged Scholar Prize to Arab News columnist and eminent academic Dr.

Arab News columnist wins prestigious global scholar prize

Fourteen genocide convicts from Bugesera prison have apologized to families whose relatives they participated in killing during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Ngoma district, Eastern Province.

Fourteen Genocide perpetrators apologize in Ngoma

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has challenged nations who label the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide, saying they should inspect Turkey's Ottoman-era archives and "we have nothing to hide".

Erdogan: 'nothing to hide' on 1915 genocide

The Turkish president stressed that the countries accusing Turkey of the "Armenian genocide" do not have any evidence.

Erdogan: Turkey won't forget civilian massacre of Karabakh region by Armenians

The seminar was dedicated to the 27th Anniversary of Khojaly Genocide occurred on February 26, 1992.

NUST, Azerbaijan embassy organizes seminar to remember victims of Khojaly Genocide

After a definition of genocide and a review of the development of the field of genocide studies, chapter-length cases reveal the facts behind eight genocides, from colonial genocides through the Armenian genocide, the Nazi genocides of Jews and Gypsies, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and genocides in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sudan.

Debating Genocide

What is a genocide? According to the United Nations, a genocide is a series of acts committed with the intention to destroy people of a specific race, religion, ethnicity, or nationality.