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Definition of Genocide

1. Noun. Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.

Definition of Genocide

1. Noun. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity. ¹

2. Noun. Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or a significant portion of, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Genocide

1. the deliberate extermination of a national or racial group [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genocide

Literary usage of Genocide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
"It is beyond the competence of Helsinki Watch to determine all the steps that may be required to prevent and suppress the crime of genocide. ..."

2. The Cold War in Asia edited by James G. Hershberg (1996)
"Two Australians archivists, Helen continued on page 265 SOURCES ON THE KHMER ROUGE YEARS: THE CAMBODIAN genocide PROGRAM [Ed. note: Following is the First ..."

3. Human Rights in Post-Communist Albania by Fred Abrahams (1996)
"... political opponents and consolidating power, all in the name of "democratic reform." LAW ON genocide AND THE LAW ON THE VERIFICATION OF MORAL ..."

4. Unquiet Graves: The Search for the Disappeared in Iraqi Kurdistan by Eric Stover, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.), Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"Iraq's conduct in Kurdistan raises a serious question as to whether the government of Saddam Hussein has committed acts pf genocide against the Kurdish ..."

5. What Happened to the Women?: Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations by Ruth Rubio-Marín (2006)
"In general, while many members of civil society have underscored the need for reparation for the victims of genocide, they have some reservations about the ..."

6. Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights by Cynthia G. Brown, Farhad Karim (1995)
"in which it said there had been a genocide during the preceding months, but that it had been a genocide of Hutu by the Tutsi, carried out with the ..."

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