Meanings
noungenocidist (plural genocidists)
plural genocidists
- Someone who advocates for or is responsible for enacting genocide.
‘You call this fool, this criminal, this genocidist, this perfect idiot, a president, Mother of God?’
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 1001 more example
Christopher Columbus statues around the country have been toppled, beheaded, or removed after the recent protests, but Chicago has/had its own tributes to the Italian explorer/genocidist.
2020 June 15, Dan Kelly, “Kill Yr Idols—A Chicago History of Statue Desecration, Part 2”, in Third Coast Review, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2026
Origin
Translations
Greek γενοκτόνος
- γενοκτόνος (genoktónos)someone who advocates for or is responsible for enacting genocide
Polish ludobójca, ludobójczyni
- ludobójcasomeone who advocates for or is responsible for enacting genocide
- ludobójczynisomeone who advocates for or is responsible for enacting genocide
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APA
genocidist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidist
MLA
“genocidist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genocidist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocidist.
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