ethnic cleansing

Bedeutung (Englisch)

The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.

Konzepte

ethnische Säuberung

Synonyme

genocide

ethnic purification

Übersetzungen

épuration ethnique

nettoyage ethnique

pulizia etnica

limpieza étnica

etnische zuivering

limpeza étnica

neteja ètnica

purification ethnique

εθνοκάθαρση

etnik temizlik

تَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ

εθνική εκκαθάριση

purificação étnica

Nettoyage ethnique

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Rumänisch: purificare etnică

In summary

Possibly a calque of Serbo-Croatian etničko čišćenje, though this is probably attested later. Popularized by (and still often associated with) the wars in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s; however, versions of the phrase have been attested since the 1860s in various languages (with the earliest attestation translating directly to the phrase being Romanian purificare etnică from 1941) and it probably arose independently on numerous occasions.