Meanings
comparative more genocidal · superlative most genocidal
- causativeCausative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
transnational genocidal organization
2 more examples
An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled...
1988, Andrew Farmer, The Rich Single LifeAnd the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design.
2018 August 22, Liel Leibovitz, “Eichmann in Full”, in Tablet
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
- Proto-Italic*kaidō
- Latincaedō
- Englishgenocide
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgenocidal
Translations
Catalan genocida
- genocidacausative of or relating to a genocide
Chinese Mandarin 種族滅絕的 /种族灭绝的
- 種族滅絕的 /种族灭绝的 (zhǒngzú mièjué de)causative of or relating to a genocide
Czech genocidní
- genocidnícausative of or relating to a genocide
Finnish kansanmurhaan syyllistynyt, kansanmurhaan pyrkivä
- kansanmurhaan syyllistynytcausative of or relating to a genocide
- kansanmurhaan pyrkiväcausative of or relating to a genocide
- kansanmurhaan liittyväcausative of or relating to a genocide
French génocidaire
- génocidairecausative of or relating to a genocide
German völkermordähnlich, genozidal
- völkermordähnlichcausative of or relating to a genocide
- genozidalcausative of or relating to a genocide
- genozidischcausative of or relating to a genocide
Greek γενοκτόνος
- γενοκτόνος (genoktónos)causative of or relating to a genocide
Italian genocidiale
- genocidialecausative of or relating to a genocide
Polish ludobójczy
- ludobójczycausative of or relating to a genocide
Portuguese genocida
- genocidacausative of or relating to a genocide
Russian геноци́дный
- геноци́дный (genocídnyj)causative of or relating to a genocide
Spanish genocida
- genocidacausative of or relating to a genocide
Swedish folkmords-
- folkmords-causative of or relating to a genocide
Ukrainian геноци́дний
- геноци́дний (henocýdnyj)causative of or relating to a genocide
Welsh hil-laddiadol
- hil-laddiadolcausative of or relating to a genocide
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
genocidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidal
“genocidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genocidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidal.
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