etnische zuivering

Dutch

Etymology

Calque of Russian этническое чищение (etničeskoje čiščenije) or Serbo-Croatian [Term?], itself from Russian and first used to describe attempts to expel Armenians from the region of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijani forces.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ni.sə ˈzœy̯.və.rɪŋ/

Noun

etnische zuivering f (plural etnische zuiveringen)

  1. ethnic cleansing [from 1992]

References

  • Feierstein, Daniel (April 4, 2023). "The Meaning of Concepts: Some Reflections on the Difficulties in Analysing State Crimes". HARM – Journal of Hostility, Aggression, Repression and Malice. 1. doi:10.46586/harm.2023.10453. ISSN 2940-3073.
    "The concept seems to have been borrowed from the Slavic expression etnicheskoye chishcheniye, first used by Soviet authorities in the 1980s to describe Azeri attempts to expel Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh area, and then immediately reappropriated by Serb nationalists to describe their policies in the central region of Yugoslavia."
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