Meanings
white genocide1
plural white genocides
- countableuncountablewhite supremacyA conspiracy theory claiming the existence of a plot to eliminate white people using a variety of means including, but not limited to, miscegenation, immigration, assimilation, multiculturalism and violence.
white genocide2
- uncountableThe supposed elimination of Armenian identity (culturicide), particularly among diasporic Armenians, through assimilation to other cultures and languages.
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If identity is placed in the body it is also open to manipulation and impurification, especially in Diaspora communities where younger Armenians come into contact with non-Armenians. This enhances fears that Armenian identity will slowly disappear through a process of 'white genocide', and in turn results in the belief that Armenian Diaspora communities are in danger.
2016 April 4, Alexis Demirdjian, The Armenian Genocide Legacy, Springer, →ISBN, page 266Besides the activities directly related to the recognition process, the genocide has also, as an omnipresent factor, indirectly loaded many diaspora Armenians with considerable overhead activity in their daily life: the [...] Armenian Sunday schools we had to attend while our Swedish classmates were enjoying the weekends, and the constant concern about the new generation's loss of its Armenian identity through assimilation, the “white genocide.” Yet[…]
2018 October 8, Vahagn Avedian, Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide, Routledge, →ISBN
Origin
- Armenianսպիտակ եղեռն
- Englishwhite genocide
Partial calque of Armenian սպիտակ եղեռն (spitak eġeṙn), literally "white Yeghern", and/or various similar terms like ճերմակ ջարդ (čermak ǰard, “white massacre”).
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Arabic نظرية مؤامرة
- نظرية مؤامرةwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Chinese Mandarin 白人種族滅絕 /白人种族灭绝
- 白人種族滅絕 /白人种族灭绝white supremacist conspiracy theory
Finnish valkoisten kansanmurha
- valkoisten kansanmurhawhite supremacist conspiracy theory
French génocide blanc
- génocide blancwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
German weißer Völkermord
- weißer Völkermordwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Greek λευκό γενοκτονία
- λευκό γενοκτονία (lefkó genoktonía)white supremacist conspiracy theory
Indonesian genosida orang kulit putih, genosida kulit putih
- genosida orang kulit putihwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
- genosida kulit putihwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Italian genocidio bianco
- genocidio biancowhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Japanese 白人虐殺
- 白人虐殺 (hakujin gyakusatsu)white supremacist conspiracy theory
Korean 화이트 제노사이드, 백인 집단학살
- 화이트 제노사이드 (hwaiteu jenosaideu)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- 백인 집단학살 (baegin jipdanhaksal)white supremacist conspiracy theory
Malay genosid orang kulit putih
- genosid orang kulit putihwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Polish białe ludobójstwo
- białe ludobójstwowhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Portuguese genocídio branco
- genocídio brancowhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Romanian genocidul alb
- genocidul albwhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Russian геноцид против белых, белоцид
- геноцид против белых (genocid protiv belyx)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- белоцид (belocid)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- геноцид белой расы (genocid beloj rasy)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- геноцид белых (genocid belyx)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- вымирание белых (vymiranije belyx)white supremacist conspiracy theory
- замещение белых (zameščenije belyx)white supremacist conspiracy theory
Spanish genocidio blanco
- genocidio blancowhite supremacist conspiracy theory
Cite this entry
white genocide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20genocide
“white genocide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20genocide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white genocide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20genocide.
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