It literally took two seconds to search for each definition.
genocide /jĕn′ə-sīd″/
noun
- The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
- The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.
- The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.
ethnic cleansing
noun
- The systematic elimination of an ethnic group or groups from a region or society, as by deportation, forced emigration, or genocide.
- The mass extermination or expulsion of people belonging to one ethnic or religious group by those of another.
- The mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area.
“The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.” == “The mass extermination or expulsion of people belonging to one ethnic or religious group by those of another.”
So all you did was copy-paste, no real reading; or you’d have seen you made Nakoichi’s point for him.
I think the distinction is that ethnic cleansing is a more general term and genocide is a more specific term. An ethnic cleansing can theoretically not involve murder though this is all a bunch of semantics lawyering and I’m sure conversationally they are often used interchangeably.
That is correct. Ethnic cleansing is the act and genocide is a method. The reason it is important to make the distinction is because somebody, in this case Israel, can ethnically cleanse an area without necessarily committing genocide. Because there was no mass murder, no genocide, the media tends to shy away from using the term ethnic cleansing even though it definitely happened.
Jack wants to occupy the house. Jack scares the inhabitants away with threats of violence. Jack occupies house. That’s ethnic cleansing without genocide.
Jack wants to occupy the house. Jack kills the inhabitants of the house. Jack occupies house. That’s ethnic cleansing with genocide.
EDIT: Autocorrect is evil.
