identicide

Questions

What does identicide mean?

The deliberate, systematic and targeted demoralization and destruction of the cultural elements representing the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people.

Where does identicide come from?

identity + -cide

How to pronounce identicide

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