geocide

/ˈd͡ʒiːəʊsaɪd/

Etymology

From geo- + -cide.

geocide means the destruction of the earth, its ecosystems, or some part thereof, due to human activity. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.

geocide is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːəʊsaɪd/.

Why “geocide” is a great word

GEOCIDE — [Noun] The deliberate and total destruction of the earth as a viable, life-sustaining entity. From the combining form geo- (from Greek gē, meaning 'earth') and the suffix -cide (from Latin -cidium, meaning 'killing, slayer'). Unlike ecocide, which denotes the destruction of specific ecosystems, or genocide, which targets a people, geocide is the terminal crime against the planetary host itself. It is the acidified ocean empty of sound, the atmosphere thickened to a heat-trapping shroud, and the planetary sterilization of soil—the final, quiet truth that a species can become a pathogen to its only home.

noun

The destruction of the earth, its ecosystems, or some part thereof, due to human activity.“[T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and geocide.”