identicide

noun

Etymology

identity + -cide

  1. derived from ταὐτότης — “sameness
  2. derived from identité
  3. inherited from ydemptite
  4. suffixed as identicide — “identity + -cide

Definitions

  1. The deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural…

    The deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.

The neighborhood

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