Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Genocide

The deliberate annihilation of a national, ethnic, or religious group, in part or in whole.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The deliberate annihilation of a national, ethnic, or religious group, in part or in whole.

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2013; use Homicide 2000-2012

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Previous Indexing

  • War Crimes (1979-2012)

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.903w.149w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.950.500w.903w.149w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Genocide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063365. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063365
  2. Genocide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
  3. Genocide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41397