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.
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An act committed by a major politician when talking in front of a group of donors that paid $50,000.00 in Boca Raton, FL. It is similar to killing your political hopes, like taking a life by homicide or suicide.
By attacking 47% of Americans, Mitt Romney ended his hopes for the Office of the President. The insult provided by the candidate to the voters is now known as "Mitticide".
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