genocide

Meanings

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Verb

  • To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.

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Origin

  • Apparently in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (cognate with gēns, whence genus) + . Compare genticide.

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