different between omnicide vs ethnocide

English

Etymology

omni- (“all”) +? -cide (“to kill”)

Noun

omnicide (uncountable)

1. The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.

Related terms

• omnicidal

See also

• genocide
• autogenocide
• speciecide

References

• Somerville, John. 1981. Soviet Marxism and nuclear war : an international debate : from the proceedings of the special colloquium of the XVth World Congress of Philosophy. Greenwood Press. Pg.151
• Goodman, Lisl Marburg and Lee Ann Hoff. 1990. Omnicide: The Nuclear Dilemma. New York: Praeger.
• Landes, Daniel (ed.). 1991. Confronting Omnicide: Jewish Reflections on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Jason Aronson Publishers.

English

Etymology

ethno- +? -cide

Noun

ethnocide (plural ethnocides)

1. The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide).

Derived terms

• auto-ethnocide

Translations

References

• Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6). Retrieved March 25, 2007, from Dictionary.com website:
• “ethnocide” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Noun

ethnocide m (plural ethnocides)

1. ethnocide