ethnic cleansing
1Ethnic cleansing — is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority controlled territory. [ [http://www.merriam… …
2ethnic cleansing — This unfortunate euphemism, highly reminiscent of the final solution and other expressions to do with the suppression of peoples, is first recorded in 1991 in connection with events in the former Yugoslavia that continued through the 1990s. It… …
3ethnic cleansing — ► NOUN ▪ the mass expulsion or killing of members of an ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another …
4ethnic cleansing — n. the systematic attempt to eliminate an ethnic group from a country or region as by forced expulsion or mass execution …
5ethnic cleansing — n [U] the action of forcing people to leave an area or country because of their ↑racial or national group …
6ethnic cleansing — the elimination of an unwanted ethnic group or groups from a society, as by genocide or forced emigration. [1985 90] * * * The creation of an ethnically homogenous geographic area through the elimination of unwanted ethnic groups by deportation,… …
7ethnic cleansing — N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Ethnic cleansing is the process of using violent methods to force certain groups of people out of a particular area or country. In late May, government forces began the ethnic cleansing of the area around the town. ...the… …
8ethnic cleansing — /ɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ/ (say ethnik klenzing) noun the removal by force from a population of mixed ethnic origin of all those who are not of a particular origin: *In the language of the air war that NATO does not call a war, ethnic cleansing is a… …
9Ethnic Cleansing — Although the term is usually associated with the Bosnian war in the 1990s, it also describes Nazi Germany’s objectives following its defeat of Poland in September 1939. Major shifts of population occurred, resulting in the brutal removal of… …
10Ethnic cleansing (disambiguation) — Ethnic Cleansing may refer to one of the following.* Ethnic cleansing, various policies of forcibly removing people of some ethnic group. * Ethnic Cleansing, a computer game. * Ethnic Cleansing A punk band …
