Meanings
nounpoliticide (countable and uncountable, plural politicides)
plural politicides
- countableuncountablePolitical suicide
With an immediate Arab majority over the Jews, it would be instant politicide for the Israeli government.
2009 January 23, “Qaddafi’s Solution: A State of ‘Isratine’”, in New York Times - countableuncountablePolitical killing
Certainly, one could imagine this kind of systematic denial of the resources required to live as a form of politicide -- or political genocide.
2002 May 20, Samantha Power, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide”, in Washington Post
Origin
Translations
French politicide
- politicidepolitical killing
German Politizid
- Politizidpolitical killing
Spanish politicidio
- politicidiopolitical killing
Cite this entry
APA
politicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicide
MLA
“politicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “politicide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicide.
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