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genocide [ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd] n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group [from geno-, from Greek genos race + -cide] genocidal adj genocide 1. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or national group. See also: Race2. an actor in this process. — genocidal, adj. the killing of an entire people or of a very large number of a people. — genocidal, adj. See also: Killing
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genocide noun massacre, killing, murder, slaughter, holocaust, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), carnage, extermination, mass murder, annihilation, pogrom, butchery, mass slaughter They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out. Translations genocide n → Völkermord m, → Genozid nt (geh) n genocide [ˈdʒenəsaid] the deliberate killing of a race of people. volksmoord إبادَه جَماعِيَّه геноцид genocida folkemord der Völkermord γενοκτονία genocidio genotsiid نسل کشی kansanmurha génocide רצח עם नर संहार genocid népirtás pembantaian þjóðarmorð genocidio 集団虐殺 대량 학살 genocidas genocīds pembunuhan kaum genocide folkemord ludobójstwo genocídio genocid геноцид genocída genocid genocid folkmord การฆ่าล้างเผ่าพันธุ์ soykırım 種族屠殺 геноцид کسی گروہ یا قوم کو مٹانے کی مہم tội diệt chủng 种族灭绝,有机划的灭种和屠杀 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Furthermore, when the Andrew Carnegies of the world hired Pinkerton thugs to gun down striking steel workers and the like, it was never an attempt to genocidally eliminate all workers. Thus spectacularly revealed as backward, ineffectual, and genocidally cruel--some of his later supporters actually wore "I Like Eich" buttons in tribute to executed Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann--Wallace promptly ran for president in 1964. The catechism of the madness that soon overtook Rwanda was authored not by some African magician extolling the supremacy of the Hutu race in ancient "tribal" wars, but by accomplished Rwandan professional historians, journalists, and sociologists at the service of a quasi-traditionalist and genocidally inclined cabal. |
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