genocide

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US /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #16082

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The deliberate killing of a large group of people because of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

The court found the general guilty of genocide.

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1 noun · the deliberate killing of a... race murder

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Forms genocides

Derived forms antigenocideauto-genocideautogenocidecounter-genocideethnogenocideeugenicideeugenocidegenogenocidablegenocidalgenocidallygenocider

Related forms culturicidedehumanizationdemocideethnocidegenocidaireholodomorpogrompopulicide

Etymology

Coined by Polish Jewish lawyer 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.

*ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European γένος Ancient Greek

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# genocide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd
**Frequency rank:** 16082

## Meanings
1. The deliberate killing of a large group of people because of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

## Examples
- The court found the general guilty of genocide.

## Derived Forms
- antigenocide
- auto-genocide
- autogenocide
- counter-genocide
- ethnogenocide
- eugenicide
- eugenocide
- geno
- genocidable
- genocidal
- genocidally
- genocider

## Related Forms
- culturicide
- dehumanization
- democide
- ethnocide
- genocidaire
- holodomor
- pogrom
- populicide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
- Root: γένος

## Etymology
Coined by Polish Jewish lawyer 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.

## AI Etymology
Genocide was coined by Polish Jewish lawyer 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. The historical chain includes *ǵenh₁- (Proto-Indo-European) and γένος (Ancient Greek). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antigenocide, auto-genocide, autogenocide, and counter-genocide and related forms such as culturicide, dehumanization, and democide. In present use it covers the deliberate killing of a large group of people because of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

## Topics
- People & Society

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