topocide
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From topo- + -cide, coined by Douglas Porteous.
Noun
[edit]topocide (uncountable)
- The annihilation of a place.
- 2009, Christina E. Dando, “Deathscapes, Topocide, Domicide The Plains in Contemporary Print Media”, in Great Plains Quarterly[1], volume 29, number 2, page 95:
- But topocide distances the destruction from the myriad of emotions tied to places, particularly those places that we strongly associate with, such as home.