genocide

English

/ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/

noun
Definitions
  • The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.
  • (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
  • (video games) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek γένος (race, kind, kin, stock, family, offspring, tribe, birth) derived from Latin gēns (tribe, clan, a race, nation, gens, n-g, la, family, race, people, kind) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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