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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary geno·cide DATE 1944 : the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group English Etymology genocide 1944, apparently coined by Polish-born U.S. jurist Raphael Lemkin in his work "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe" [p.19], in reference to Nazi extermination of Jews, lit. "killing a tribe," from Gk. genos "race, kind" (see genus) + -cide. The proper formation would be *genticide. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 genocide geno·cide / 5dVenEsaid / noun[U] the murder of a whole race or group of people 种族灭绝；大屠杀 • geno·cidal adj. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English genocide noun ADJ. mass Refugees gave accounts of the mass genocide. | cultural PREP. ~ against genocide against ethnic minorities • Note at CRIME (for verbs) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged gen·o·cide \ˈjenəˌsīd\ noun (-s) Etymology: gen- (I) + -cide 1. : the use of deliberate systematic measures (as killing, bodily or mental injury, unlivable conditions, prevention of births) calculated to bring about the extermination of a racial, political, or cultural group or to destroy the language, religion, or culture of a group 2. : one who advocates or practices genocide |
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