ethnocide

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noun

The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

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Meanings

nounethnocide (countable and uncountable, plural ethnocides)

plural ethnocides

  1. countableuncountableThe deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

Origin

From ethno- + -cide.

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Translations

Catalan etnocidi
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Dutch etnocidi
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Finnish etnomurha
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French ethnocide
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German Ethnozid
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Greek εθνοκτόνος
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Hungarian népirtás
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Italian etnocidio
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Korean 민족말살
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Polish etnocyd
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Portuguese etnocídio
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Russian этноци́д
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Spanish etnocidio
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Ukrainian етноци́д
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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