folkmord — meaning in English

English meaning

• genocide noun The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
• holocaust name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Senses

folkmord is used for these senses in English:

• genocide The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
• holocaust hence, the state-sponsored mass murder of a particular group of people in society. [from 20th c.]

genocide — full definition

1. noun The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
2. verb To commit genocide against a group.

holocaust — full definition

1. name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
2. noun Widespread destruction or slaughter, especially on a massive scale.

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