Meaning of genticide | Babel Free
ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪdDefinitions
Examples
“When we call unjust war murder, we give it too mild a name. It is wholesale murder; it is what might be denominated genticide, or the murder of nations.”
“This cadaverous insistence upon our extinction is curdling my blood. Homicide! More than that — Genticide!”
“Thus the hatred of the kin group was the highest penalty for genticide or the murder of a clansman: […]”
“[page 170] The term I shall employ is genticide, from the Latin gens meaning blood-relation or kin. […] [page 253] The metamorphosis of actual incest and genticide into astral saga was probably promoted by the savage belief that changes in weather and the aspects of the skies were somehow responses to their outrages of lust.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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