Meanings
nountopocide (uncountable)
- uncountableThe annihilation of a place.
But topocide distances the destruction from the myriad of emotions tied to places, particularly those places that we strongly associate with, such as home.
2009, Christina E. Dando, “Deathscapes, Topocide, Domicide The Plains in Contemporary Print Media”, in Great Plains Quarterly, volume 29, number 2, page 95
Origin
From topo- + -cide, coined by Douglas Porteous.
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topocide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topocide
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Chicago
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