autogenocide

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noun

The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.

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Meanings

nounautogenocide (uncountable)

alternative auto-genocide

  1. uncountableThe extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
  2. uncountableGenocide of a particular group by members of that group.

    If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?

    1977 April 30, Hugh Crell, “Unproductive Onslaughts”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Origin

From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.

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APA

autogenocide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogenocide

MLA

“autogenocide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogenocide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autogenocide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogenocide.

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