Associations to the word «Genocide»

Wiktionary

GENOCIDE, noun. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.
GENOCIDE, verb. To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.

Dictionary definition

GENOCIDE, noun. Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats