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English
Etymology
Blend of political + -cide
Noun
politicide (countable and uncountable, plural politicides)
- Political suicide
2009 January 23, “Qaddafi’s Solution: A State of ‘Isratine’”, in New York Times:With an immediate Arab majority over the Jews, it would be instant politicide for the Israeli government.
- Political killing
2002 May 20, Samantha Power, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide”, in Washington Post:Certainly, one could imagine this kind of systematic denial of the resources required to live as a form of politicide -- or political genocide.
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