Culturicide

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌltʃərəˌsaɪd/

Definitions of culturicide

noun the deliberate destruction of the culture of a group or society, typically through suppression or assimilation

Example Sentences

A1 Culturicide is the deliberate destruction of a culture.

A2 The invading army committed culturicide by destroying the local traditions and artifacts.

B1 Culturicide can have long-lasting effects on a society's identity and heritage.

B2 The policies of the government led to culturicide, erasing centuries of cultural practices.

C1 The systematic culturicide carried out by the regime aimed to erase all traces of the indigenous culture.

C2 Scholars debate the ethical implications of culturicide in the context of globalization and cultural homogenization.

Examples of culturicide in a Sentence

formal The act of destroying a culture or way of life is known as culturicide.

informal They're trying to erase our traditions and history - it's like culturicide.

slang The government's actions are basically committing culturicide on our community.

figurative The introduction of fast food chains is leading to the culturicide of local cuisine.

Grammatical Forms of culturicide

• past tense: culturicided
• plural: culturicides
• comparative: more culturicidal
• superlative: most culturicidal
• present tense: culturicides
• future tense: will culturicide
• perfect tense: has culturicided
• continuous tense: is culturiciding
• singular: culturicide
• positive degree: culturicide
• infinitive: to culturicide
• gerund: culturiciding
• participle: culturiciding

Origin and Evolution of culturicide

First Known Use: 1944 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The word 'culturicide' is a combination of 'culture' and '-cide' which comes from the Latin word 'caedere' meaning 'to kill'. It was likely coined to describe the deliberate destruction or erasure of a culture.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in the context of cultural destruction during World War II, 'culturicide' has since been applied to various forms of cultural genocide and destruction around the world.