noun
genocide
JEH-nuh-syd
noun
1
The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
"The tribunal was set up to prosecute those responsible for the genocide."
"The museum documents the history of the genocide in detail."
verb
1
To commit genocide against a group.
"The regime attempted to genocide the minority population."
How to Use Genocide
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe intentional mass killing of a people because of who they are.
When to use it
A serious legal and historical term — not used loosely or casually.
Word Forms
genocided past tense, genocides plural, genocides singular
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Etymology
Coined in 1943-44 by lawyer Raphael Lemkin from Greek génos ("race, kind") plus Latin -cide ("killing"), originally in reference to the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust.