different between genocide vs democide
genocide
English
Etymology
Apparently coined by Polish legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek ????? (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin g?ns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus) + -cide (“killing, killer”). Compare genticide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???n?sa?d/
Noun
genocide (countable and uncountable, plural genocides)
- The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.
- 1944, November, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, "Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress", chapter 9, page 79
- For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide.
- A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.
- 1944, November, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, "Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress", chapter 9, page 79
- (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
- (video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.
- 2000, "Kimmo Kasila", Arch lich at Minetown bones, Help! (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
- I used genocide in my first ascension, but have been genocideless ever since. Makes the game much more interesting, but then again, if one hasn't ascended yet, it will be interesting anyway.
- 2000, "Kimmo Kasila", Arch lich at Minetown bones, Help! (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
Usage notes
Genocide was coined to mean, and is generally used in law to mean, the destruction of an ethnic group as such (as a group). The is the case whether it is done by killing of all members of the group or other means, such as dispersing the group. In common usage, genocide is often used to mean “systematic mass killing”, whether or not the purpose is the destruction of a group or something else, such as terrorizing the group or killing a population without regard to group membership, more specifically known as democide.
Synonyms
- (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people): genticide
Hypernyms
- mass murder
- crime against humanity
Hyponyms
- ethnic cleansing
- ethnocide
- Shoah
- holocaust, Holocaust
- Porajmos, Samudaripen
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- dehumanization
- Holodomor
- pogrom
- war crime
Verb
genocide (third-person singular simple present genocides, present participle genociding, simple past and past participle genocided)
- (transitive) To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.
- 1986, Oversight of the Board for International Broadcasting: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, second session, June 17, 1986, volume 4, page 145:
- Even though the Soviet constitution and that of the Ukrainian SSR contain provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and other fundamental liberties, the Soviet government genocided the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1930's [...]
- 2006, Get 'Em All! Kill 'Em!: Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities, page 8:
- A clue appears in the Nazis finding the Gypsies dirty and disorderly (for not only Jews were genocided).
- 2007, War on Truth: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq page 66:
- You just know it makes much more sense to encourage brutal governments to buy our WMD technology than to get them to put food in the empty bellies of their people or quit genociding the populace.
- 2016, Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, page 1193:
- It is unlikely that Sulla succeeded in genociding the Samnites, since their mountains offered many refuges, but in subsequent centuries the Samnites disappeared, being absorbed into the general population of Italy.
- 1986, Oversight of the Board for International Broadcasting: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, second session, June 17, 1986, volume 4, page 145:
Derived terms
- geno
References
Anagrams
- endogeic
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English genocide. Equivalent to geno- +? -cide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?.no??si.d?/
- Hyphenation: ge?no?ci?de
- Rhymes: -id?
Noun
genocide f (plural genocides, diminutive genocidetje n)
- genocide
- Synonym: volkerenmoord
Derived terms
- genocidaal
genocide From the web:
democide
English
Etymology
Based on Ancient Greek ????? (dêmos, “people”) +? -cide.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?m?sa?d/
Noun
democide (countable and uncountable, plural democides)
- (Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.
Related terms
- culturicide
- ethnocide
- genocide
- populicide
Translations
democide From the web:
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