ethnociden.
/ˈɛθnəsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈɛθnəˌsaɪd/ The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group, esp. an ethnic minority.
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1968 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 3 97 A round table on ‘The Politics of Indigenous Affairs: Ethnocide and Genocide’.
1974 Ann. Reg. 1973 382 The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches in May..criticized ‘the policy of extermination, ethnocide and exploitation of the Indian people continuously practised in the United States’, with special reference to riots at Wounded Knee.
1984 Times 28 Aug. 11/7 India can do things differently—by acting now to prevent the ethnocide of the Madia Gonds.
2004 Fiji Times (Nexis) 10 May 6 People who refer to Indians as Fijians or Indo-Fijians are committing ethnocide and cultural genocide against the Fijian people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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