ethnic cleansing
noun
: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity
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While the international community aspired to reverse ethnic cleansing, the obstacles were immense.
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Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Latza Nadeau said for many in Europe today, remigration has been seen as just another outgrowth of the push for immigration reform, but historically the policy has been used as a tool for ethnic cleansing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
And what has really changed is that ethnic cleansing has become a part of the mainstream public discourse.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Follows four Armenian women fighting the erasure and ethnic cleansing of their homeland of Artsakh.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Latza Nadeau said for many in Europe today, remigration has been seen as just another outgrowth of the push for immigration reform, but historically the policy has been used as a tool for ethnic cleansing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
And what has really changed is that ethnic cleansing has become a part of the mainstream public discourse.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Follows four Armenian women fighting the erasure and ethnic cleansing of their homeland of Artsakh.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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