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Meaning of genocide in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈdʒɛnəˌsaɪd/

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  1. Noun

    genocide

    Etymology

    1940s: from Greek genos‘race’+ -cide

    Definitions

    1. systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

Famous quotes

  • « Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. »
    Jon Corzine
  • « Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world. »
    Patrick J. Kennedy
  • « There aren't just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. »
    James Lovelock
  • « In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. »
    Jose Ramos-Horta
  • « The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied. »
    Jeremiah Wright

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