English Dictionary

genocide

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義

The systematic and deliberate destruction of substantial numbers of people - typically by killing - on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

日本語の意味

計画的かつ意図的に特定の集団（民族、宗教、国籍など）に属する多数の人々を破壊・殺害する行為 / 体系的な大量虐殺。特に、特定の集団に属する人々が対象となるもの

The international court is investigating whether the targeted killings amounted to genocide.

国際裁判所は、その標的を狙った殺害が民族、宗教、または国籍に基づく人々を大量かつ意図的に破壊する、すなわち集団虐殺に当たるかどうかを調査している。

意味（1）

The systematic and deliberate destruction of substantial numbers of people - typically by killing - on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

For the German occupying authorities war thus appears to offer the most appropriate occasion for carrying out their policy of genocide.

意味（2）

(by extension) The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on other grounds.

意味（3）

(by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.

Native Americans in the twentieth century are no longer a vanishing race or a silent minority. They have survived centuries of cultural genocide inflicted on them by non-Native Americans— both the well-meaning and the self-seeking— […]

意味（4）

(video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.

I used genocide in my first ascension, but have been genocideless ever since. Makes the game much more interesting, but then again, if one hasn't ascended yet, it will be interesting anyway.

genocides （ plural ）