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Denialism and Revisionism: Efforts to downplay, distort, or deny genocidal events, often for political purposes or nationalistic agendas.

Post-Genocide Justice: Legal and social efforts to address the consequences of genocide, including war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, and reparations.

Rituals of Remembrance: Cultural and religious ceremonies that commemorate victims of genocide and reinforce group identity and historical memory.

Holocaust Studies: The anthropological and historical study of the Holocaust as a case of genocide, including survivor testimonies and the role of state institutions.

Genocidal Ideology: The belief systems that justify mass killings, often based on racial superiority, religious extremism, or nationalistic policies.

Historical Memory and Genocide: The ways societies remember, document, and process genocidal events through memorials, museums, oral histories, and education.

Mass Atrocity Crimes: A broader term encompassing genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing.

Ethnic Cleansing: The forced removal of an ethnic or religious group from a territory through violence, expulsion, or persecution.

Cultural Genocide: The systematic erasure of a group’s culture, language, and traditions through forced assimilation, destruction of cultural sites, or banning of cultural practices.

Genocide: The deliberate, systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.