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  1. Ethnic cleansing - Wikipedia

    Ethnic cleansing shares with genocide the goal of achieving purity but the two can differ in their ultimate aims: ethnic cleansing seeks the forced removal of an undesired group or groups …

  2. Ethnic cleansing | War Crimes & Genocide Prevention - Britannica

    Ethnic cleansing, the attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the deportation or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups.

  3. Ethnic Cleansing - Definition, Meaning & Examples | HISTORY

    Oct 14, 2009 · “Ethnic cleansing” has been defined as the attempt to get rid of (through deportation, displacement or even mass killing) members of an unwanted ethnic group in order …

  4. Ethnic cleansing | Research Starters - EBSCO

    It usually refers to the expulsion of an “undesirable” population from a given territory for political, strategic, or ideological reasons, or because of religious or ethnic discrimination. Forced …

  5. ETHNIC CLEANSING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Nov 19, 2025 · The meaning of ETHNIC CLEANSING is the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity.

  6. Ethnic Cleansing Definition - AP World History: Modern Key Term …

    Ethnic cleansing refers to the systematic removal or extermination of a particular ethnic or religious group from a specific territory, often through violence, intimidation, and forced …

  7. Crimes of War - Ethnic Cleansing

    The United Nations Commission of Experts, in a January 1993 report to the Security Council, defined “ethnic cleansing” as “rendering an area ethnically homogenous by using force or …

  8. The Origins of the Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians

    Dec 22, 2025 · This is the origin story of the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, 1880s-1914. Late Ottoman Palestine The story of the Zionist colonization of Palestine began with the 1858 …

  9. Ethnic cleansing | Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human …

    The implementation of procedures, usually by government, to ensure the physical resettlement or elimination of minority groups of different racial or ethnic background.

  10. List of ethnic cleansing campaigns - Wikipedia

    This article lists incidents that have been termed ethnic cleansing by some academic or legal experts. Not all experts agree on every case, particularly since there are a variety of definitions …