Autogenocide
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government. uncountable
- 2 Genocide of a particular group by members of that group. uncountable
"If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?"
Example
More examples"If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?"
Etymology
From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.
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