genticide

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪd/
其它
US /ˈd͡ʒɛntəsaɪd/

词形变化

genticides 复数 genticides

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide.

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  2. 2.

    The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative.

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词源

From the Latin gēns (“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”, oblique stem: gent-) + -cide (“a killing of”). The combination represents a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *genticīdium, regularly formed from gēns + -cīdium. Compare genericide and genocide.

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