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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| Middle French, French ''massacre'' massacre, butchery | | Middle French, French ''massacre'' massacre, butchery |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1578] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1578] |
| the first usage of which was "1588 J. PENRY Viewe Publ. Wants Wales 65 Men which make no [[conscience]] for gaine sake, to break the [[law]] of the æternall, and massaker soules...are dangerous subjects". | | the first usage of which was "1588 J. PENRY Viewe Publ. Wants Wales 65 Men which make no [[conscience]] for gaine sake, to break the [[law]] of the æternall, and massaker soules...are dangerous subjects". |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
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| A '''massacre''' is an [[incident]] where some [[group]] is killed by another, and the perpetrating party are [[perceived]] to be in total [[control]] of [[force]] while the [[victimized]] party is perceived to be helpless and/or [[innocent]] with regard to any legitimate [[offense]]. There is no clear-cut [[definition]] for when killings are referred to as massacres or not, rather, this choice is a result of an [[individual]] or [[collective]] assessment, depending e.g. on how the circumstances of the killing align with given [[ideas]] of acceptable use of [[force]] and on the desired status of an event in collective [[memory]]. | | A '''massacre''' is an [[incident]] where some [[group]] is killed by another, and the perpetrating party are [[perceived]] to be in total [[control]] of [[force]] while the [[victimized]] party is perceived to be helpless and/or [[innocent]] with regard to any legitimate [[offense]]. There is no clear-cut [[definition]] for when killings are referred to as massacres or not, rather, this choice is a result of an [[individual]] or [[collective]] assessment, depending e.g. on how the circumstances of the killing align with given [[ideas]] of acceptable use of [[force]] and on the desired status of an event in collective [[memory]]. |
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− | The term massacre derives from the Latin term for mass sacrifice. The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe Marlowe] (c1600), The massacre at Paris" (a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]). Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately". | + | The term massacre derives from the Latin term for mass sacrifice. The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe Marlowe] (c1600), The massacre at Paris" (a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]). Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately". |
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| [[Category: Law]] | | [[Category: Law]] |