ethnic cleansing

种族清洗,族裔清洗,种族净化,民族清洗

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the elimination of an unwanted ethnic group or groups from a society, as by genocide or forced emigration.

nounmass killing of an ethnic group

Synonyms

Abiy, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, now speaks in tones threatening ethnic cleansing — promising, for example, to “bury” his opponents, in a post censored by Facebook.
The “need” for ethnic cleansing can pop up in casual conversations on politics among friends or family.
But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.
His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
He proposed among other things that police departments must better reflect the ethnic makeup of the populace.
How does a complicated ethnic background inform someone's experiences?
Army officials also allege that he worked for ethnic rebels as a “communications captain.”
The objects in the engraving are probably the shears, comb, ladle, and an unknown instrument used for cleansing wool.
Therefore they now carried boughs and green branches and palms, for him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
The present government, instead of constructing similar works, neglects even the repairs and requisite cleansing of this aqueduct.
They take pride in their hair, and are particularly careful about it, washing and cleansing it almost every day.
It was softer than a cleansing tissue, and probably even more flexible.