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Etymology
Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.
Meanings
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(historical, qualifier:strictly, uncountable, usually) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Among Soloway’s congregants injured in the attack was Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who has become one of the most poignant symbols of the attack.
2025 June 5, Grace Gilson, “Boulder’s ‘shocked and traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of losses and strengths”, in The Times of Israel:
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(broadly, historical, uncommon, uncountable, usually) The systematic mass murder (democide) perpetrated by Nazi Germany of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people they considered subhuman, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities).
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Holocaust.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holocausts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| the Holocaust | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Holocaustianity · Hoaxocaust · Lolocaust · Holycaust · Holocash · Hollowcause · Holohoax
Descendants
Hypernyms
holocaust (organized mass murder of people of any ethnicity) · mass murder (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · holocaust (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · democide (organized mass murder of people of any ethnicity) · mass murder (organized mass murder of people of any ethnicity) · genocide (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany)
Hyponyms
Shoah (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · Porajmos (genocide of Roma by Nazi Germany) · Homocaust (mass murder of homosexuals by Nazi Germany)
Synonyms
Shoah · Shoah (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · the Nazi genocide
Translations (109)
ga an tUileloscadh (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ru Холоко́ст (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ja ホロコースト (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cs šoa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · fi holokausti (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · yi חורבן אייראָפּע (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pl Zagłada Żydów (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · az Yəhudi soyqırımı (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ja ホロコースト (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · lt Šoa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cmn 大屠殺 /大屠杀 (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · hu soa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · lv Holokausts (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · vi Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · tpi Bikpela Bagarap (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · da Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · hu holokauszt (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · vi Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · ka ჰოლოკოსტი (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · de Judenvernichtung (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pt Holocausto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ar الْهُولُوكُوسْت (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · nl Sjoa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · el Ολοκαύτωμα (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Schoah (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ru Холоко́ст (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · la Soa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · sv Shoah (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · af Joodse Volksmoord (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · lad Olokosto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · he שואה (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Judenmord (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pt Holocausto (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · de Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · hi यहूदी नरसंहार (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · af Volkslagting (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ar الْهُولُوكُوسْت (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · es Holocausto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cs holokaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ast Holocaustu (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · gl Holocausto (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · pl Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · af Uitwissing (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cmn 猶太人大屠殺 /犹太人大屠杀 (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · no Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · it Shoah (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cs holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · eo Holokaŭsto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · az Holokost (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pt Shoá (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ru Шоа́ (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · eo Ŝoaho (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ro Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · tr Holokost (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · an Holocausto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cs holokaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · tpi Holokos (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · hu holokauszt (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · el Ολοκαύτωμα (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · hy Հոլոքոստ (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · yi חורבן (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Massenmord an den europäischen Juden (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cs holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · af Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · ka ჰოლოკოსტი (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ja ユダヤ人大虐殺 (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · az Holokost (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · ar الْمَحْرَقَة الْيَهُودِيَّة (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · el Σοά (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Endlösung (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · is Helförin (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · lt Holokaustas (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · it Olocausto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · fi juutalaisvaino (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · da Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pl Holokaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ru холоко́ст (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · af Jodeslagting (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · nl jodenvervolging (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · de Auschwitz (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · be Халако́ст (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · nl Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · af Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · id Holokaus (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · pl Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · tr Yahudi Soykırımı (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · yi האַלאָקאַוסט (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · hu vészkorszak (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · fr Shoah (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · tr Holokost (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · es Holocausto (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · pl Holokaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · af Sjoa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · fi holokausti (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · cy yr Holocost (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · eo Holokaŭsto (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · id Shoah (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · da jødeudryddelse (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ca Holocaust (the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany) · hy Հոլոքոստ (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · bg Холокост (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ru холоко́ст (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · lad Shoa (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · ca Holocaust (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · he השואה (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · sv Förintelsen (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · lv Šoā (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany) · gl Holocausto (the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany)