Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Ethnic Cleansing

Expulsion of a population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Expulsion of a population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Cleansing, Ethnic
  • Cleansings, Ethnic
  • Ethnic Cleansings

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2015; use under GENOCIDE 2014

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.903w.074w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.900w.575w.500w
  3. I01w.880w.735w.950.500w.903w.074w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethnic Cleansing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065811. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065811
  2. Ethnic Cleansing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
  3. Ethnic Cleansing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154278