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The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ethnic purge
Antonyms: none provided
the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group action
Possibly a calque of Serbo-Croatian etničko čišćenje, though this is probably attested later. Popularized by (and still often associated with) the wars in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s; however, versions of the phrase have been attested since the 1860s in various languages (with the earliest attestation translating directly to the phrase being Romanian purificare etnică from 1941) and it probably arose independently on numerous occasions.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
spastrim etnik
— ethnic cleansing
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Arabic:
تَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ
(taṭhīr ʕirqiyy)
— ethnic cleansing
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Armenian:
էթնիկ զտում
(ētʻnik ztum)
— ethnic cleansing
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Armenian:
էթնիկական զտում
(ētʻnikakan ztum)
— ethnic cleansing
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Azerbaijani:
etnik təmizləmə
— ethnic cleansing
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Basque:
garbiketa etniko
— ethnic cleansing
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Belarusian:
этні́чная чы́стка
(etníčnaja čýstka)
— ethnic cleansing
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Bulgarian:
етни́ческо прочи́стване
(etníčesko pročístvane)
— ethnic cleansing
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Catalan:
neteja ètnica
— ethnic cleansing
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Chinese Mandarin:
種族清洗 /种族清洗
(zhǒngzú qīngxǐ)
— ethnic cleansing
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Chinese Mandarin:
民族淨化 /民族净化
(mínzú jìnghuà)
— ethnic cleansing
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Chinese Mandarin:
種族淨化 /种族净化
(zhǒngzú jìnghuà)
— ethnic cleansing
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Chinese Mandarin:
種族滅絕 /种族灭绝
(zhǒngzú mièjué)
— ethnic cleansing
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Czech:
etnická čistka
— ethnic cleansing
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Danish:
etnisk udrensning
— ethnic cleansing
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Dutch:
etnische zuivering
— ethnic cleansing
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Esperanto:
etna purigado
— ethnic cleansing
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Estonian:
etniline puhastus
— ethnic cleansing
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Finnish:
etninen puhdistus
— ethnic cleansing
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French:
nettoyage ethnique
— ethnic cleansing
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French:
épuration ethnique
— ethnic cleansing
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Georgian:
ეთნიკური წმენდა
(etniḳuri c̣menda)
— ethnic cleansing
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German:
ethnische Säuberung
— ethnic cleansing
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Greek:
εθνοκάθαρση
(ethnokátharsi)
— ethnic cleansing
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Hebrew:
טִהוּר אֶתְנִי \ טיהור אתני
(tihúr étni)
— ethnic cleansing
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Hindi:
जातीय संहार
(jātīya sãhār)
— ethnic cleansing
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Hungarian:
etnikai tisztogatás
— ethnic cleansing
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Icelandic:
þjóðernishreinsun
— ethnic cleansing
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Irish:
glanadh eitneach
— ethnic cleansing
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Italian:
pulizia etnica
— ethnic cleansing
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Japanese:
民族浄化
(minzoku jōka)
— ethnic cleansing
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Kazakh:
этникалық тазарту
(étnikalyq tazartu)
— ethnic cleansing
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Kazakh:
этникалық тазалау
(étnikalyq tazalau)
— ethnic cleansing
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Korean:
민족청소
(minjokcheongso)
— ethnic cleansing
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Kyrgyz:
этникалык тазалоо
(etnikalık tazaloo)
— ethnic cleansing
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Latvian:
etniskā tīrīšana
— ethnic cleansing
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Lithuanian:
etninis valymas
— ethnic cleansing
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Macedonian:
етничко чистење
(etničko čistenje)
— ethnic cleansing
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Malay:
pembersihan etnik
— ethnic cleansing
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Mongolian:
угсаатны цэвэрлэгээ
(ugsaatny ceverlegee)
— ethnic cleansing
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Norwegian Bokmål:
etnisk rensning
— ethnic cleansing
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
etnisk reinsing
— ethnic cleansing
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Persian:
پاکسازی قومی
(pâk-sâzi-ye qowmi)
— ethnic cleansing
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Polish:
czystka etniczna
— ethnic cleansing
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Portuguese:
limpeza étnica
— ethnic cleansing
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Romanian:
epurare etnică
— ethnic cleansing
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Romanian:
purificare etnică
— ethnic cleansing
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Russian:
этни́ческая чи́стка
(etníčeskaja čístka)
— ethnic cleansing
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Serbo-Croatian:
етничко чишћење
— ethnic cleansing
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Serbo-Croatian:
etničko čišćenje
— ethnic cleansing
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Slovak:
etnická čistka
— ethnic cleansing
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Slovene:
etnično čiščenje
— ethnic cleansing
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Spanish:
limpieza étnica
— ethnic cleansing
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Spanish:
depuración étnica
— ethnic cleansing
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Swedish:
etnisk rensning
— ethnic cleansing
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Tajik:
поксозии этникӣ
(poksozi-yi etniki)
— ethnic cleansing
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Tajik:
поксозии қавмӣ
(poksozi-yi qavmi)
— ethnic cleansing
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Tok Pisin:
bagarapim man bilong narapela lain
— ethnic cleansing
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Turkish:
etnik temizlik
— ethnic cleansing
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Ukrainian:
етні́чна чи́стка
(etníčna čýstka)
— ethnic cleansing
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Urdu:
نسلی صفایا
(naslī-safāyā)
— ethnic cleansing
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Urdu:
نسلی تطہیر
(naslī-tathīr)
— ethnic cleansing
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Uzbek:
etnik tozalash
— ethnic cleansing
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Vietnamese:
thanh lọc sắc tộc
— ethnic cleansing
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Yoruba:
ìpẹ̀yàrun
— ethnic cleansing
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Yoruba:
ìpàrankanrun
— ethnic cleansing
