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autogenocide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-geno-cide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.

Uncountable

noun

Genocide of a particular group by members of that group.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

auto-genocide (alternative)

Questions

What does autogenocide mean?
The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
Where does autogenocide come from?
From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.

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