Autogenocide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autogenocide is a noun meaning The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
Meaning
The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
More Meanings
- Genocide of a particular group by members of that group.
Example Sentences
If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?
Word Forms
- auto-genocide
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genocidism, xenocide, eugenocide, phenocide, eugenicide, autocide.
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