文ぶん化か浄じょう化か

noun

cultural cleansing; cultural genocide

Refers to the systematic destruction or suppression of a group's culture, often in contexts of war, occupation, or forced assimilation. The term is relatively modern and carries strong political and ethical weight.

• 戦せん争そう中ちゅうの文ぶん化か浄じょう化かは、言げん語ごや伝でん統とうの破は壊かいを伴ともなうことが多おおい。

  Cultural cleansing during war often involves the destruction of language and traditions.

• その政せい策さくは少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくに対たいする文ぶん化か浄じょう化かだと批ひ判はんされた。

  The policy was criticized as cultural genocide against ethnic minorities.