English word culturicide comes from English culture, English -icide
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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culture | English (eng) | (transitive) To increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something). (Compare cultivate.). (transitive) To maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria). (Compare cultivate.) (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.. (botany) Cultivation.. (cartography) The details on a map that do not [...] |
-icide | English (eng) | |
culturicide | English (eng) | (countable) An instance of such destruction.. (uncountable) The systematic destruction of a culture, particularly one unique to a specific ethnicity, or a political, religious, or social group. |