democide means murder of people by a government which has power over them. It carries an Arena rating of 1418, earned across 94 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, democide ranks #28 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #162 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #192 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #817 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
democide is pronounced /ˈdɛməsaɪd/.
Why “democide” is a great word
DEMOCIDE — [Noun] The murder of a populace by the government that holds power over it. From the Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, "people") + -cide (from Latin -cīda, "killer," and -cīdium, "killing"). Unlike genocide, which targets specific national or ethnic groups, or tyrannicide, the killing of a tyrant, democide names the cold, administrative slaughter by a sovereign against its own. It is the census that becomes a death list, the famine engineered by policy, and the mass grave dug in the name of order—the ultimate perversion of the social contract, where the shepherd consumes the flock.
Etymology
Based on Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -cide.
noun
- murder of people by a government which has power over them.
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