genocidist

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

HathiTrust has some matches for "genocidist" that are visible in full
view. In addition, there are some fully visible matches for
"genocider". Also not in OED.

Here are two passages containing "genocidist". The complete citations
can be determined by carefully moving backward through the pages to
check the metadata and gather specifics. I have not done this.

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Hearings Cong. 81 sess. 1 Foreign Relations v. 1 1949.
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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104266434
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104266434?urlappend=%3Bseq=2418

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His client. I'd say, was the man who helped the painter from Germany
become a genocidist.
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The links below have inaccurate metadata, apparently. The hearings
were probably held in 1950 and not 1949.

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104266442
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104266442?urlappend=%3Bseq=620

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In the debate at St. Louis the question remained unanswered: How is an
international tribunal or foreign national court to obtain custody in
time of peace of an accused genocidist?
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Garson


On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> On Sep 17, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> Not in OED.  Thousands of hits.
>>=20
>> Testifying before the House, John Kerry today described members of =
> ISIL as
>> "genocidists."
>>=20
>> GB has a 1949 that looks real, as it mentions "President Truman": "His
>> client,
>> I'd say, was the man who helped the painter from Germany become a
>> genocidist."
>>=20
> Curiously, "genocide" in this sense seems a bit odd, curiously:
>
> Electra was a matricide.
> Oedipus was a patricide (or, if you prefer, a parricide).
> Cain was a fratricide.
> Plath was a suicide.
> #Hitler was a genocide.
>
> and it's not in the OED with this sense. (Of course, as Jon points out, =
> neither is genocidist.)
>
> LH
>
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