释义 |
populicide rare.|ˈpɒpjʊlɪsaɪd| [a. F. populicide adj. (18th c.), f. L. popul-us people + -cide, -cide 1.] The murder of a people or nation.
1824Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 544 Tyrannicide would be less flagitious than populicide. 1865Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 78, I hate regicide as I do populicide—deeply, if phrenzied; more deeply, if deliberate. |