cultural cleansing; ethnocide
Refers to the deliberate destruction of a culture, often through suppression of language, customs, or identity. Used in political and historical contexts.
The policy was internationally condemned as cultural cleansing.
We study the history of ethnocide carried out during the colonial period.
Ethnic cleansing, focusing on physical removal or killing of an ethnic group, while 文化殺戮 targets cultural identity.
Cultural destruction in a broader sense, not necessarily systematic or targeting a group's identity.
Compound of 文化 (culture) and 殺戮 (slaughter, massacre). The term is a modern coinage, likely influenced by English 'cultural cleansing' and 'ethnocide'.