culturecide

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A form of culturicide — The systematic destruction of a culture, particularly one unique to a specific ethnicity, or a political, religious, or social group.

OriginLatin caedō ← Proto-Italic *kaidō ← Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti →
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Meanings

nounculturecide (countable and uncountable, plural culturecides)

plural culturecides

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of culturicide.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincultūra
  6. Middle Frenchculture
  7. Englishculture
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  10. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  11. Latincaedō
  12. Englishculturecide

From culture + -cide.

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APA

culturecide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturecide

MLA

“culturecide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturecide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturecide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturecide.

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