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| - | {{Template}}'''Genocide''' is the deliberate and systematic [[extermination]] of an [[ethnic group|ethnic]] or [[Nationality|national group]]. | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "By current theory [[genocide]] or [[genosorption]] strongly favoring the aggressor need take place only once every few generations to direct evolution." --E. O. Wilson in the 2000 edition of ''[[Sociobiology: The New Synthesis]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Genocide''' is the deliberate and systematic [[extermination]] of an [[ethnic group|ethnic]] or [[Nationality|national group]]. | ||
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| + | == Etymology == | ||
| + | Polish lawyer [[Raphael Lemkin]] coined the term ''genocide'' in his 1944 book ''[[Axis Rule in Occupied Europe]]'' [[hybrid word|combining]] the [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] word [[genos|γένος]] ("race, people") with the [[Latin]] [[suffix]] [[-caedo]] ("act of killing"). | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| - | == See also == | ||
| *[[-cide]] | *[[-cide]] | ||
| *[[Murder]] | *[[Murder]] | ||
| + | *[[Mass murder]] | ||
| + | *[[German genocide]] | ||
| + | * [[Autogenocide]] | ||
| + | * [[Countervalue]] | ||
| + | * [[Crimes against humanity]] | ||
| + | * [[Ethnic cleansing]] | ||
| + | * [[Forensic osteology]] | ||
| + | * [[Gendercide]] | ||
| + | * [[Holocaust]] | ||
| + | * [[Holodomor]] | ||
| + | * [[Infanticide]] | ||
| + | * [[List of genocides]] | ||
| + | * [[Local extinction]] | ||
| + | * [[Mass murder]] | ||
| + | * [[Genocidal rape]] | ||
| + | * [[Policide]] | ||
| + | * [[Social cleansing]] | ||
| + | * [[Utilitarian genocide]] | ||
| + | *[[Command responsibility]] | ||
| + | *[[Crime against humanity]] | ||
| + | *[[Human rights]] | ||
| + | *[[International humanitarian law]] | ||
| + | *[[International law]] | ||
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Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic or national group.
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Etymology
Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide in his 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe combining the Greek word γένος ("race, people") with the Latin suffix -caedo ("act of killing").
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See also
- -cide
- Murder
- Mass murder
- German genocide
- Autogenocide
- Countervalue
- Crimes against humanity
- Ethnic cleansing
- Forensic osteology
- Gendercide
- Holocaust
- Holodomor
- Infanticide
- List of genocides
- Local extinction
- Mass murder
- Genocidal rape
- Policide
- Social cleansing
- Utilitarian genocide
- Command responsibility
- Crime against humanity
- Human rights
- International humanitarian law
- International law
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