ethnic cleansingn.

Brit.

/ˌɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Serbian and Croatian lexical item. Etymons: ethnic adj., cleansing n.

Etymology: < ethnic adj. + cleansing n., after Serbian and Croatian etničko čišćenje (1985 or earlier). Compare earlier ethnically clean adj. at ethnically adv. Compounds.

The purging, by mass expulsion or killing, of one ethnic or religious group by another, esp. from an area of former cohabitation. Cf. earlier cleansing n. Additions.Originally used of (and afterwards most strongly associated with) the actions of the various nationalities in the Wars of Yugoslav Succession (1991–5). This and related terms are often regarded as euphemistic in intention.

ΚΠ

1991 Washington Post 2 Aug. a22/5 The Croatian political and military leadership issued a statement..declaring that Serbia's ‘aim..is obviously the ethnic cleansing of the critical areas that are to be annexed to Serbia’.

1994 N. Malcolm Bosnia xvi. 246 Ethnic cleansing was not a by-product of the war.

1996 M. Chapman Southern Afr. Literatures iv. ii. 283 When..[he] talks wildly of restoring Angola to Africans..he is not simply threatening ‘ethnic cleansing’ against the Mbundu.

2005 T. Brookes Guitar 18 Ferdinand and Isabella..carried out a program of ethnic cleansing against the Moors, Gypsies, and Jews.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ethnic cleansing
释义	ethnic cleansingn. Brit. /ˌɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Serbian and Croatian lexical item. Etymons: ethnic adj., cleansing n. Etymology: < ethnic adj. + cleansing n., after Serbian and Croatian etničko čišćenje (1985 or earlier). Compare earlier ethnically clean adj. at ethnically adv. Compounds. The purging, by mass expulsion or killing, of one ethnic or religious group by another, esp. from an area of former cohabitation. Cf. earlier cleansing n. Additions.Originally used of (and afterwards most strongly associated with) the actions of the various nationalities in the Wars of Yugoslav Succession (1991–5). This and related terms are often regarded as euphemistic in intention. ΚΠ 1991 Washington Post 2 Aug. a22/5 The Croatian political and military leadership issued a statement..declaring that Serbia's ‘aim..is obviously the ethnic cleansing of the critical areas that are to be annexed to Serbia’. 1994 N. Malcolm Bosnia xvi. 246 Ethnic cleansing was not a by-product of the war. 1996 M. Chapman Southern Afr. Literatures iv. ii. 283 When..[he] talks wildly of restoring Angola to Africans..he is not simply threatening ‘ethnic cleansing’ against the Mbundu. 2005 T. Brookes Guitar 18 Ferdinand and Isabella..carried out a program of ethnic cleansing against the Moors, Gypsies, and Jews. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1991
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