Culturicide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kʌlˈt͡ʃʊəɹɪˌsaɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Culturicide is a noun meaning (countable) An instance of such destruction.
Meaning
(countable) An instance of such destruction.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The systematic destruction of a culture, particularly one unique to a specific ethnicity, or a political, religious, or social group.
Example Sentences
If culturicide is to be prevented, certain means must be employed.
In contrast, culturicide is an attempt to kill a culture, whether or not its members survive and whether or not they retain a separate identity […]
Ethnic cleansing is a poor euphemism for forms of culturcide, ethnocide, ghettoization, displacement of people to reservations, and forced removal of populations.
Though culturecide is in and of itself not genocide, it does threaten the existence of a group if individual actions assume a quantitative mass whose collective impact can result in the demise of a group.
Word Forms
- culturicides
- culturacide
- culturcide
- culturecide
- culturocide
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include culturcide, culturecide, culturocide, genocide, ethnocide, religiocide.
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