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Meaning of culturicidio



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

culturicidio
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It is the process of accultural or elimination of a culture. Etymologically means killing or eliminating a culture. It is usually a consequence of penetration of other stronger or massive cultures. It happens with small ethnicities who lose their roots, beliefs, traditions and even their language. It can also occur with the disappearance of its members.

  



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Extermination of a culture, of a civilization. In the most lax sense would be to ruin a cultured expression. It is formed by culture -cidio; although in some cases it may be the union of 'suicide culture'.

  

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John Rene Plaut

CULTURICIDIO of culture and Latin root cid that is formed by apophony of the word caedere (kill , cut). In good accounts, it means, euphemistically perhaps, to kill culture. Finish it.

  










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