democide

American  

[dem-uh-sahyd] / ˈdɛm əˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the intentional killing of people by their own government, such as by mass murder, genocide, or deliberate withholding of aid during disasters.

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Other Word Forms

• democidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of democide

Coined in 1990 by U.S. political scientist Rudolf Rummel (1932–2014); demo- ( def. ) + -cide ( def. )

Example Sentences

The new book "Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History," by Washington Post reporters Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, shows that Trump and his inner circle did in fact commit acts of democide through their self-sabotage and negligent response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 600,000 Americans.

From Salon

The Age of Trump involved many lessons, such as the regime's daily assaults on truth and reality, its wanton cruelty toward nonwhite migrants and refugees, its disregard for human life, its attacks on free speech and other fundamental civil and human rights, its democide through indifference or incompetence in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, its open embrace of white supremacy, its overt corruption and its disregard for the rule of law.

From Salon

Are Trump's white supremacist insurrectionists and other terrorists defending "civilization"? Was it "civilized" when the Trump regime and the Republican death cult engaged in acts of democide against the American people by sabotaging relief efforts and refusing to properly respond to the coronavirus pandemic?

From Salon

The Trump regime's approach to the pandemic was one of incompetence, negligence, sabotage, lies, conspiracy theories, cruel indifference and outright democide, all filtered through political sadism and authoritarianism.

From Salon

In that light a new report from Politico about the Trump regime's philosophy of coronavirus "democide" — under the euphemism "herd immunity" — should not in any way be a surprise.

From Salon