Genocide
noun
The killing of a large number of people from a particular national, ethnic, or religious group, with the aim to destroy that group.
The Holocaust was an example of genocide where millions of Jews were killed.
Often appears as...
- commit genocide
- prevent genocide
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Formal
noun
An act intended to destroy a whole national, racial or religious group by killing its members or causing serious bodily or mental harm.
The international tribunal found the dictator guilty of genocide
Often appears as...
- genocide trial
- genocide convention
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Formal
Technical
noun
The killing of a large number of people from a particular national, ethnic, or religious group, with the aim to destroy that group.
The Holocaust was an example of genocide where millions of Jews were killed.
Often appears as...
- commit genocide
- prevent genocide
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An act intended to destroy a whole national, racial or religious group by killing its members or causing serious bodily or mental harm.
The international tribunal found the dictator guilty of genocide
Often appears as...
- genocide trial
- genocide convention
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Negativity
Genocide carries a heavy negative connotation, representing the worst human atrocities.
Countries must unite to prevent potential genocide in war-torn regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Number
Genocide refers to scale and intent, not a specific number of deaths.
Acts leading to genocide involve the systematic targeting of a group.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Weight
Genocide is not just a term; it's legally prosecuted internationally.
The United Nations can intervene when a state is accused of genocide.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Negativity
Genocide carries a heavy negative connotation, representing the worst human atrocities.
Countries must unite to prevent potential genocide in war-torn regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Number
Genocide refers to scale and intent, not a specific number of deaths.
Acts leading to genocide involve the systematic targeting of a group.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Weight
Genocide is not just a term; it's legally prosecuted internationally.
The United Nations can intervene when a state is accused of genocide.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Negativity
Genocide carries a heavy negative connotation, representing the worst human atrocities.
Countries must unite to prevent potential genocide in war-torn regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Number
Genocide refers to scale and intent, not a specific number of deaths.
Acts leading to genocide involve the systematic targeting of a group.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Weight
Genocide is not just a term; it's legally prosecuted internationally.
The United Nations can intervene when a state is accused of genocide.
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A Survivor's Story as a...
visiting the tour starts by laying the leaf of flowers as the center of paying respect to the genocide victims and then we'll be right back and visit the internal section you have dead people coming and then they spend at a kanawa you told them about the content of the
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Science can answer moral...
about genocide or nuclear proliferation or poverty or any other hugely consequential issue but the demagogues are right about one thing we need a universal conception of human values now what stands in the way of this well one thing to notice is that we we do
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Oil Spill Threatens...
could also vanish the oil spill has a potential to imperil all of us I mean we're facing the potential for cultural genocide shrimp is a way of life here shrimp boats lined the canals locals lower nets and scoop up the shrimp carried by the current
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Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
refusing feeling has lead thus here. Where we have now come to live in a world where the most extreme forms of violence, the most horrific poverty, genocide, mass rapes, the destruction of the Earth, is completely out of control.
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Neglect in child-care...
effort to stop the silent genocide of children with intellectual disabilities by closing down institutions and developing alternative types of care in the community and we need urgently you can help improve the lives of these
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Science can answer moral...
and not about genocide or nuclear proliferation or poverty or any other hugely consequential issue. But the demagogues are right about one We need a universal conception of human values. Now, what stands in the way of this?
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Tribal Attack PIPE National...
it's not contact it's genocide she wouldn't want you now I guess it's a matter of respect CSS wolves if these people are they're isolated in the forest don't get why not respect their right to do this stage give state
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How cults rewire the...
I understand how someone's brain, how someone's mind can come to the place where it makes sense -- in fact it would be wrong, when your brain is working like that -- not to try to save the world through genocide.
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The future of...
to help be an antidote to tribalism, to fundamentalism, to genocide and environmental destruction. And so I decided to focus my life on changing the laws and becoming a legal psychedelic psychotherapist.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
to be the director of the U.N.'s genocide investigation. It turns out that tears just aren't much help when you're trying to investigate a genocide. The things I had to see, and feel and touch
Video examples
A Survivor's Story as a...
visiting the tour starts by laying the leaf of flowers as the center of paying respect to the genocide victims and then we'll be right back and visit the internal section you have dead people coming and then they spend at a kanawa you told them about the content of the
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
about genocide or nuclear proliferation or poverty or any other hugely consequential issue but the demagogues are right about one thing we need a universal conception of human values now what stands in the way of this well one thing to notice is that we we do
Video examples
Oil Spill Threatens...
could also vanish the oil spill has a potential to imperil all of us I mean we're facing the potential for cultural genocide shrimp is a way of life here shrimp boats lined the canals locals lower nets and scoop up the shrimp carried by the current
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
refusing feeling has lead thus here. Where we have now come to live in a world where the most extreme forms of violence, the most horrific poverty, genocide, mass rapes, the destruction of the Earth, is completely out of control.
Video examples
Neglect in child-care...
effort to stop the silent genocide of children with intellectual disabilities by closing down institutions and developing alternative types of care in the community and we need urgently you can help improve the lives of these
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
and not about genocide or nuclear proliferation or poverty or any other hugely consequential issue. But the demagogues are right about one We need a universal conception of human values. Now, what stands in the way of this?
Video examples
Tribal Attack PIPE National...
it's not contact it's genocide she wouldn't want you now I guess it's a matter of respect CSS wolves if these people are they're isolated in the forest don't get why not respect their right to do this stage give state
Video examples
How cults rewire the...
I understand how someone's brain, how someone's mind can come to the place where it makes sense -- in fact it would be wrong, when your brain is working like that -- not to try to save the world through genocide.
Video examples
The future of...
to help be an antidote to tribalism, to fundamentalism, to genocide and environmental destruction. And so I decided to focus my life on changing the laws and becoming a legal psychedelic psychotherapist.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
to be the director of the U.N.'s genocide investigation. It turns out that tears just aren't much help when you're trying to investigate a genocide. The things I had to see, and feel and touch
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers, but not against the United States.
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Casey Affleck
American Actor
All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in groups. Some don't show each other the soles of their shoes or like pictures taken of them. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks. Some don't use electricity.
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Chris Cornell
American Musician
The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The danger facing us comes not from lack of resources, but from people who insist that we have run out of resources. If you embrace their idea of a world where there is only so much to go around, then you are endorsing a program of genocide and a war of all against all.
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Jon Corzine
American Politician
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.
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Immaculee Ilibagiza
Rwandan Author
Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.
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John Major
British Politician
I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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Kendrick Meek
American Politician
We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers, but not against the United States.
Quote examples
Casey Affleck
American Actor
All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in groups. Some don't show each other the soles of their shoes or like pictures taken of them. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks. Some don't use electricity.
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Chris Cornell
American Musician
The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same.
Quote examples
Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The danger facing us comes not from lack of resources, but from people who insist that we have run out of resources. If you embrace their idea of a world where there is only so much to go around, then you are endorsing a program of genocide and a war of all against all.
Quote examples
Jon Corzine
American Politician
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.
Quote examples
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Rwandan Author
Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.
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John Major
British Politician
I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Quote examples
Kendrick Meek
American Politician
We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide.
Example 1 of 10
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