Xenocide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈzɛnəsaɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Xenocide is a noun meaning The killing of a stranger or foreigner.
Meaning
The killing of a stranger or foreigner.
More Meanings
- (science fiction) The genocide of an entire alien species.
- (US, colloquial) The intentional killing of an entire foreign (plant or animal) species.
Example Sentences
The age that began with one xenocide attempted had now ended with other xenocides prevented or, at least, postponed.
As notorious examples of ritual xenocide, suffice it to mention the foreigners sacrificed on the altar of the goddess Artemis in Colchis, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, 4.45) as well as the ritual of beheading strangers when the reaping season drew to a close, performed by the legendary Lityerses, king of Phyrgia. [...] [In] an act of ritual xenocide in a Cossack villafe [...] Cossacks kill a Turkish woman[.]
Word Forms
- xenocides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genocide, humanicide, genticide, anthropocide, kill, killing.
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