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(rare) The destruction of an ethnic culture by its own members.

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auto-ethnocide

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Source Word

auto-ethnocide

rare uncountable

(rare) The destruction of an ethnic culture by its own members.

Japanese Meaning

自らの民族による文化の破壊（極めて稀な用例） / 自己民族の文化を自ら破壊すること

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The elders feared that the rapid loss of language and rituals would lead to auto-ethnocide within a generation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

長老たちは、言語や儀礼の急速な喪失が一世代のうちに自らの手による民族文化の破壊を招くことを恐れた。

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(rare) The destruction of an ethnic culture by its own members.

Of all the ethnic groups, castes are the only ones which, if given an opportunity, would commit “auto-ethnocide,” that is, which would gladly shed their separate identity and join the main body of the society whose culture they share.

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