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genocide
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[ˈdʒɛnəsʌɪd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the deliberate and systematic killing or persecution of a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
(e.g: a campaign of genocide)
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Origin
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1940s (coined by the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin with reference to the Holocaust): from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide
[ˈdʒɛnəsʌɪd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- deliberately and systematically kill or persecute (a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group) with the aim of destroying that nation or group
(e.g: a whole generation is being genocided)
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Origin
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1940s (coined by the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin with reference to the Holocaust): from Greek genos ‘race’ + -cide
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