ethnic cleansing

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

pulizia etnica

sinonimi

genocide

ethnic purification

Traduzioni

nettoyage ethnique

épuration ethnique

ethnische Säuberung

limpieza étnica

limpeza étnica

etnische zuivering

neteja ètnica

purification ethnique

εθνοκάθαρση

etnik temizlik

εθνική εκκαθάριση

تَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ

purificação étnica

ethnikī ekkathárisī

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine rumeno: 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.