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'''Democide''' is defined as large-scale murder by a government, similar to a genocide or ethnic cleansing. The twentieth century has seen massive and unprecedented democides motived by [[atheistic]] and otherwise corrupt ideologies, including the [[Holocaust]].
'''Democide''' is defined as large-scale murder by a government, similar to a genocide or ethnic cleansing. The twentieth century has seen massive and unprecedented democides motived by [[atheistic]], religous, and corrupt ideologies, including the [[Holocaust]].
==Examples==
==Examples==
*The [[Khmer Rouge]]-instigated murder in Democratic Kampuchea (now [[Cambodia]]) caused the death of <sup>1</sup>/<sub>3</sub> of the Cambodian population.
*The [[Khmer Rouge]]-instigated murder in Democratic Kampuchea (now [[Cambodia]]) caused the death of <sup>1</sup>/<sub>3</sub> of the Cambodian population.
*The [[Great Purge]] of the [[Joseph Stalin|Stalinist]] [[Soviet Union]] was the largest purge in a series of purges lasting eighty years (1917-1987), which left over 60 million people dead.
*The [[Great Purge]] of the [[Joseph Stalin|Stalinist]] [[Soviet Union]] was the largest purge in a series of purges lasting eighty years (1917-1987), which left over 60 million people dead.
*In [[Chile]], [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s regime (1973-19000 murdered several thousand Chileans
*In [[Guatemala]], Evangelical Christian [[Efrian Rios Montt]]'s regime (1982-1983)is estimated to have murdered over 10,000 Guatelmalans.
*In [[Iran]], the Islamic regime of [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni]](1970-1989) is believed to have killed some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.
==Sources==
==Sources==