ethnic violence
Hate-fueled group conflict
Ethnic violence is conflict between groups defined by race, nationality, religion, or cultural identity.
It ranges from riots and pogroms to systematic genocide.
The term emphasizes that victims are targeted for who they are rather than what they've done: The region has seen cycles of ethnic violence for generations.
Often distinguished from political violence, though the two frequently overlap.
Violent persecution of minorities
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
insurgency · uprising · rebellion · reprisals · atrocities · bloodshed · skirmish · guerrilla
Hatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
sectarianism · tribalism · chauvinism · supremacism · hate crime · scapegoating · othering · dehumanization
Active, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
polarization · provocation · escalation · grievance · suspicion · unease · alienation · antagonism
pogrom
Violent persecution of minorities
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
massacre · insurgency · uprising · rebellion · reprisals · atrocities · bloodshed · skirmish · guerrilla · hostilities
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
intolerance · sectarianism · tribalism · chauvinism · supremacism · hate crime · scapegoating · othering · dehumanization · stereotyping
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
friction · polarization · provocation · escalation · grievance · suspicion · unease · alienation · antagonism · division
- ethnic relationsrace relations, multiculturalism, minority rights, racism, prejudice
- Kenya historyindependence struggle, British colonialism, colonial rule, 1963, December 12
- persecutionHolocaust, pogrom, genocide, pogroms, mass murder
- atrocitiesHolocaust, genocide, massacre, massacres, mass execution
- Burundi historyHutu, Tutsi, coups, massacres, military coups
- ethnic conflicttribal warfare, tribal conflict, pogrom, pogroms, communalism
ethnic violencepeace
Freedom from disturbance
social harmony · peaceful coexistence · unity · reconciliation · solidarity
ethnic violenceethnic integration
Combining distinct cultural groups
multiculturalism · cross-cultural understanding · assimilation · intermarriage · cross-cultural exchange
violent, violence, ethnic, nonviolent, violently, ethnicity, ethnically, multiethnic, ethnocentric