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genocide definition

geno·cide (jen′ə sīd′)

noun

the systematic killing of, or a program of action intended to destroy, a whole national or ethnic group

Etymology: < Gr genos, race, kind (see genus) + -cide: first applied to the attempted extermination of the Jews by Nazi Germany

Related Forms:

  • genocidal gen′o·ci′·dal (-sīd′'l) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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