民みん族ぞく大だい虐ぎゃく殺さつ

Meanings

racial genocide; ethnic genocide

A formal compound referring to the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial or ethnic group. Often used in historical, legal, or political contexts.

国こく際さい法ほう廷ていはその行こう為いを民みん族ぞく大だい虐ぎゃく殺さつと認にん定ていした。
The international tribunal recognized the act as racial genocide.
歴れき史し学がく者しゃは20世せい紀きの民みん族ぞく大だい虐ぎゃく殺さつについて研けん究きゅうしている。
Historians are researching the racial genocides of the 20th century.

Kanji

民people, nation, subjects
族tribe, family
大large, big
虐tyrannize, oppress
殺kill, murder, butcher

Related words

大たい量りょう虐ぎゃく殺さつ
大量虐殺 means 'mass slaughter' or 'massacre' and does not necessarily imply a racial or ethnic motive, whereas 民族大虐殺 specifically targets a racial or ethnic group.
ジェノサイド
ジェノサイド is a loanword from English 'genocide' and is used in similar contexts, but 民族大虐殺 is a native Japanese compound that explicitly includes the element of 'race/ethnicity' (民族).

Built from

民みん族ぞく+大だい虐ぎゃく殺さつ

Etymology

Compound of 民族 (みんぞく, 'race, ethnic group') + 大 (だい, 'great, large-scale') + 虐殺 (ぎゃくさつ, 'slaughter, massacre'). The term is a modern formation, likely influenced by international legal and historical discourse on genocide.