Meaning of genocide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality
2. The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
   countable, uncountable
3. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds
4. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
5. The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide
6. The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
7. The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player
8. The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.
   countable, uncountable
9. To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely

Equivalents

Examples

“A genocide will always be followed by the denial that it ever happened.”

“For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide.”

“Shaddam IV: I want fifty legion of Sardaukar on Arrakis at once! Subordinate: Fifty legions? That's our entire reserves as well. Shaddam IV: This is genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of all life on Arrakis!”

“Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.”

“A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide. […] Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists.”

“Native Americans in the twentieth century are no longer a "vanishing race" or a silent minority. They have survived centuries of cultural genocide inflicted on them by non-Native Americans— both the well-meaning and the self-seeking— […]”

“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.”

“What an Extinctionist tries to do is completely eliminate as many kinds of monsters from the game as possible, either through genocide if it's available, or from just depleting all the kinds of monsters that can be produced.”

“The three main playstyles are neutral (the player kills some, but not all monsters), pacifist (all monsters are spared) and genocide (all monsters are eliminated).”

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