Humanicide
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The destruction of the human race. countable, uncountable
"Short of omnicide, the killing of everything, and of humanicide, the destruction of the whole human race, which a collapse of the ecosystem would bring about (a nuclear World War III could be a shortcut), surely genocide must be considered the supreme crime against mankind."
- 2 A substance, person, or group that exterminates people. countable, uncountable
"You will pardon me for telling you just what I at the time thought, viz. that you needed a "humanicide" as badly as you needed insecticides."
Example
More examples"Short of omnicide, the killing of everything, and of humanicide, the destruction of the whole human race, which a collapse of the ecosystem would bring about (a nuclear World War III could be a shortcut), surely genocide must be considered the supreme crime against mankind."
Etymology
From human + -icide.
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