What does "ethnocide" mean?

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).

Ethnocide

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Noun

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). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From ethno- + -cide.

Related phrases

auto-ethnocide

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