genticide

/ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪd/

Etymology

From the Latin gēns (“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”, oblique stem: gent-) + -cide (“a killing of”). The combination represents a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *genticīdium, regularly formed from gēns + -cīdium. Compare genericide and genocide.

genticide means the killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide.“When we call unjust war murder, we give it too mild a name. It is wholesale murder; it is what might be denominated genticide, or the murder of nations.”
The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative.“Thus the hatred of the kin group was the highest penalty for genticide or the murder of a clansman: […]”