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what is the meaning of Genocide?

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Justus Rau

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Updated: 6/6/2021

Genocide is the killing of an entire group of people based on some commonality such as religion or nationality. . Ethnic genocide is the killing of a group of people based on their ethnicity, or racial extraction.

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