ethnocide
(ˈɛθnəʊsaɪd)
[f. ethno- + -cide 2.]
The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group, esp. within a larger community.
| 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. 1980 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 17/7 They are guilty of ethnocide: destruction of the Indians' tribal identities and thus of their ability to live. 1984 Times 28 Aug. 11/7 India can do things differently—by acting now to prevent the ethnocide of the Madia Gonds. |