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genticide.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒɛntəsaɪd/General-American
  1. The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide.

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

    rare
Where this word comes from

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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