| − | The twentieth century has seen some of the greatest examples of mass murder, tragically. Instead of simply speaking of "mass murder", the word "[[genocide]]" is often used to refer to these incidents, especially in the case of killing all those of a particular ethnic group by their own government (see also [[democide]], or [[ethnocide]] if the grouping is based on religion). According to Black's Law Dictionary, the term was popularized by the 1948 "Genocide Convention" of the United Nations, to deal with the special problems posed by the Holocaust, and international wishes to prevent a recurrence of the same. | + | The twentieth century has seen some of the greatest examples of mass murder, tragically. Instead of simply speaking of "mass murder", the word "[[genocide]]" is often used to refer to these incidents, especially in the case of killing all those of a particular ethnic group by their own government (see also [[democide]], or ethnocide if the grouping is based on religion). According to Black's Law Dictionary, the term was popularized by the 1948 "Genocide Convention" of the United Nations, to deal with the special problems posed by the Holocaust, and international wishes to prevent a recurrence of the same. |