When a group of people people and/or a culture is wiped out, that group's meaning systems are also destroyed and this can be referred to as a "mimeticide." Alternatively, the group of people may continue to live on, but their meaning systems are forbidden by the dominant or conquering culture.
The conquest of the Americas by Europeans was a mimeticide as it wiped out uncountable indigenous groups and their meaning systems.
by Mimetic Tinkerer March 9, 2023
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