genocide

== English == === Etymology === Coined by lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide (then known by other names; see: Terminology of the Armenian genocide), massacres of Assyrians (such as the Simele massacre and Seyfo) and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus), corresponding to geno- +‎ -cide (“killing, killer”). Piecewise doublet of gendercide. Compare genticide. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/ === Noun === genocide (countable and uncountable, plural genocides) The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality. 1944, November, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, "Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress", chapter 9, page 79 For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide. (by extension) The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds. (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide. (video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player. ==== Usage notes ==== Genocide was coined to mean, and is generally used in law to mean, the destruction of an ethnic group as such (as a group). This is the case whether it is done by killing of all members of the group or other means, such as dispersing the group. In common usage, genocide is often used to mean “systematic mass killing”, whether or not the purpose is the destruction of a group or something else, such as terrorizing the group or killing a population without regard to group membership, more specifically known as democide. See "Genocide definitions" on Wikipedia. ==== Synonyms ==== (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people): genticide ==== Hypernyms ==== crime against humanity ==== Hyponyms ==== ethnic cleansing ethnocide Shoah holocaust, Holocaust Porajmos, Samudaripen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dehumanization Holodomor pogrom war crime === Verb === genocide (third-person singular simple present genocides, present participle genociding, simple past and past participle genocided) (transitive) To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely. 1986, Oversight of the Board for International Broadcasting: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, second session, June 17, 1986, volume 4, page 145: Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's [...] ==== Derived terms ==== geno === References === === Anagrams === endogeic == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English genocide. Equivalent to geno- +‎ -cide. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɣeː.noːˈsi.də/ Hyphenation: ge‧no‧ci‧de Rhymes: -idə === Noun === genocide f (plural genocides, diminutive genocidetje n) genocide Synonym: volkerenmoord ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: genosida