# How is genocide defined, with an emphasis on cultural genocide?

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**Created:** [June 13, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198 "2021-06-13T23:23:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198/8 "2021-06-14T01:18:04Z")

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[As I noted in the MPSIMS thread, cultural genocide – or “ethnocide” if you prefer – was identified as a component of genocide by the Nazis way back in 1944.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-200-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-bc-residential-school/943674/196) The Wikipedia article does not mention Nazis in regards to 1944 but [the reference for that statement does.](https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/29/2/373/5057075)

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