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Etymology
Coined in 1944 from Gr. genos (�race,� �kind�) and -cide, from L. -cidere, �to kill�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ʤɪ.n�.�said/
Other 1: (jĭʹnu�sīdʺ)
Other 2: JIH-nuh-sighd

Noun
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1. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.
2. Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, race|racial or religious group.

Derived terms
genocidal

Translations
trans-top|systematic killing of substantial numbers of people
Afrikaans: volksmoord
Albanian: gjenocidi
Armenian: �եղասպանո�թյո�ն (ts῾eghaspanut῾yun)
Arabic: ARchar|ا��ت� ا�عر�� (al-qatl al-�írqi) m
Basque: genozidio
Bosnian: genocid m
Breton: gouennlazh
Bulgarian: гено�ид (genotsid) m
Catalan: genocidi m
Chinese: ���� (zh�ngzú miè jué)
Croatian: genocid m
Czech: genocida f
Danish: folkedrab
Dutch: genocide, volkerenmoord
Esperanto: genocido
Estonian: genotsiid
Finnish: kansanmurha, (law) joukkotuhonta
French: génocide m
Galician: xenocidio m
Georgian: �������� (genotsidi)
German: Völkermord m, Genozid m
Greek: γενοκ�ονία (yenoktonía) f
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Hebrew: רצ� ע� (retsakh �am) m
Hungarian: t|hu|népirtás
Indonesian: genosida
Italian: genocidio m
Japanese: ���殺 (shūdan-gyakusatsu), ������ (jenosaido)
Lithuanian: genocidas
Malay: pembasmian kaum
Norwegian: folkemord
Persian: FAchar|�س��کش�
Polish: ludobójstwo n
Portuguese: genocídio m
Russian: гено�ид (genotsíd) m
Scottish Gaelic: sgrios-cinnidh m
Serbian: ljudoubistvo
Slovene: genocid m
Spanish: genocidio m
Swedish: folkmord
Turkish: soykırım
Ukrainian: гено�ид (henotsýd) m
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trans-top|acts committed with intent to destroy
Danish: folkedrab
Finnish: kansanmurha, (law) joukkotuhonta
French: génocide m
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Hungarian: t|hu|fajirtás
Portuguese: genocídio m
Scottish Gaelic: sgrios-cinnidh m
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ttbc|Chinese: ���� (zh�ngzú miè jué)
ttbc|Estonian: genotsiid
ttbc|German: Völkermord
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ttbc|Kinyarwanda: itsembabwoko
ttbc|Spanish: genocidio m
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See also
infanticide
homicide
filicide
matricide
patricide
regicide
uxoricide
holocaust

Category:Death

hy:genocide
hu:genocide
nl:genocide
pl:genocide
ru:genocide
fi:genocide
ta:genocide
vi:genocide
tr:genocide
zh:genocide

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