pogrom

po·grom

P0399200 (pə-grŏm′, pō′grəm)n. An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews.

[Russian, outrage, havoc, from pogromit', to wreak havoc : po-, perfective aspectual pref. (from po, next to; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + gromit', to outrage, wreak havoc (from grom, thunder).]

po·grom′ v.

pogrom

(ˈpɒɡrəm) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews[C20: via Yiddish from Russian: destruction, from po- like + grom thunder]

po•grom

(pəˈgrʌm, -ˈgrɒm, poʊ-)

n. an organized massacre, esp. of Jews. [1880–85; (< Yiddish) < Russian pogróm literally, destruction, devastation, n. derivative of pogromít'=po- perfective prefix + gromít' to destroy, devastate, derivative of grom thunder]

pogrom

A deliberate organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews in Russia. The name comes from Russian and Yiddish words for thunder and destruction.

Thesaurus

Noun

pogrom - organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)persecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

pogrom

noun massacre, slaughter, holocaust, persecution, genocide, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), witch-hunt, victimization, bloodbath, extermination, mass murder, annihilation, bloodletting, mass killing, decimation a systematic pogrom against southern black Mauritians

pogrom

nounThe savage killing of many victims:bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, massacre, slaughter.

Translations

погром

pogrom

(pō`grəm, pōgrŏm`), Russian term, originally meaning "riot," that came to be applied to a series of violent attacks on Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th cent. Pogroms were few before the assassination of Alexander IIAlexander II,
1818–81, czar of Russia (1855–81), son and successor of Nicholas I. He ascended the throne during the Crimean War (1853–56) and immediately set about negotiating a peace (see Paris, Congress of).
..... Click the link for more information. in 1881; after that, with the connivance of, or at least without hindrance from, the government, there were many pogroms throughout Russia. Soldiers and police often looked on without interfering. These pogroms encouraged the first emigration of Russian Jews to the United States. After 1882 there were few pogroms until 1903, when there was an extremely violent three-day pogrom at Chisinau resulting in the death of 45 Jews. Although it has not been conclusively proved that the czarist government organized pogroms, the government's anti-Semitic policies certainly encouraged them. After the abortive revolution of 1905, pogroms increased in number and violence. With the success of the Bolshevik Revolution, pogroms ceased in the Soviet Union; they were revived in Germany and Poland after Adolf Hitler attained power.

Bibliography

See E. H. Judge, Easter in Kishinev: Anatomy of a Pogrom (1992).

pogrom

an organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews

pogrom

noun

Synonyms for pogrom

noun massacre

Synonyms

massacre
slaughter
holocaust
persecution
genocide
ethnic cleansing
witch-hunt
victimization
bloodbath
extermination
mass murder
annihilation
bloodletting
mass killing
decimation

Synonyms for pogrom

noun the savage killing of many victims

Synonyms

bloodbath
bloodletting
bloodshed
butchery
carnage
massacre
slaughter

Words related to pogrom

noun organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

Related Words

persecution