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单词 genocides
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genocide

noun

geno·​cide ˈje-nə-ˌsīd How to pronounce genocide (audio)
: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
genocidal
ˌje-nə-ˈsī-dᵊl How to pronounce genocide (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Today, as in the past, strategic slavery is normally part of a larger strategy of genocide. Angharad Smith, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022 Indeed, researchers from the Newline Institute and Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, when analyzing the issue of the serious risk of genocide in Ukraine, considered the reports of abductions of Ukrainian children. Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Wayne Jordash, a war-crimes lawyer who lives in Kyiv, told me that the atrocities committed in cities like Bucha and Irpin may rise to the level of genocide. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Athletes could raise any number of issues, from allegations of cultural genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the erasure of civil freedoms Hong Kong and the arrests of human rights lawyers, activists and outspoken Chinese citizens. Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 Britain is also backing a genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims, and has expressed support for Myanmar’s National Unity Government, a shadow administration operating in exile. Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Granted, the above presumes that aliens share the human motivations of expansion, exploitation, and genocide. Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2022 Over 250,000 victims of genocide against the Tutsi are interred at the memorial, and more people are brought to the site each year for a dignified burial. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022 Braden-Aresco has a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Alabama and a Joint European master of arts degree in human rights and genocide studies from Kingston University in London and Universita degli Studi di Siena. al, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

geno- + -cide

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

genocide

noun

geno·​cide ˈjen-ə-ˌsīd How to pronounce genocide (audio)
: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group compare homicide

Legal Definition

genocide

noun

geno·​cide ˈje-nə-ˌsīd How to pronounce genocide (audio)
: acts committed with intent to partially or wholly destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
also : the crime of committing such an act

genocides

noun

plural of genocide
as in massacres
the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • massacres
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  • murders
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  • devastations
  • deaths
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  • mortalities
  • bloodlettings
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  • destructions
  • foul play
  • eradications
  • decimations
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