democide

Noun

Meaning

democide (countable and uncountable, plural democides)

(Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

genocide populicide culturicide ethnocide

Examples

Killing that is explicitly permitted is not democide. Rudolph Rummel

Democide is a government's murder of people for any reason or no reason at all. Genocide is the murder of people because of their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or language. Rudolph Rummel

After studying over 8,000 reports of government-caused deaths, Rummel estimates that there have been 262 million victims of democide in the last century. Source: Internet

For example, government-sponsored killings for political reasons would be considered democide under Rummel's hypothesis. Source: Internet

Based on this new evidence, Rummel now believes the famine was intentional and considers it a democide. Source: Internet

Famine is classified by Rummel as democide if it fits the definition above. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

demobilizer Democ. democidal democoder democonazole Democr.