2006-07-08 16:05:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
2006-07-08 16:09:40 · answer #1 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
2006-07-08 23:09:40 · answer #2 · answered by ♥♫♥Ashlyn♥♫♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
2006-07-08 23:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by cuteakoh7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to dictionary.com "genocide" is "the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group."
According to reference.com the term genocide was first coined in 1944, the crime itself has been committed often in history. It was initially used to describe the systematic campaign for the extermination of peoples carried on by Nazi Germany, in its attempts in the 1930s and 40s to destroy the entire European Jewish community, and to eliminate other national groups in Eastern Europe.
Reference.com goes more indepth. You can read the rest of the information at http://www.reference.com/browse/columbia/genocide
2006-07-08 23:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genocide is the systematic and deliberate killing of a whole group or a group of people bound together by customs, language, politics, and so on.
2006-07-08 23:15:48 · answer #5 · answered by letustry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gen·o·cide Audio pronunciation of "genocide" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jn-sd)
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The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
2006-07-08 23:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by Answers- Like them or not 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is basically wanting to have a certain race or group soley survive by getting rid of the other races or groups through murder or exile.
2006-07-08 23:10:15 · answer #7 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MURDER. To kill or to murder are different things according to the bible and original hebrew language. To kill can be justified by a govenmnet, war, and capital punishment (which is sort of what happens). To murder is the bad offense.
2006-07-08 23:13:49 · answer #8 · answered by nikander80 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The total and complete annihilation of a race of people.
2006-07-08 23:25:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"geno" means people or race
"cide" means to kill
"genocide," therefore, means to kill a race of people
2006-07-09 01:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by Supermatt100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋