Hi all,
I use Dictionary.com all the time and love it. However I was disappointed when I checked the word "Genocide" and found no reference to the Armenian Genocide but references to the Holocaust and Rwanda as examples.
I proceeded to write the following letter and call on all of you to do the same. Feel free to copy my letter (or write your own as mine is very basic) and fill in your name, submit it to the panel that reviews incorrect entries. Lets make them properly define the word Genocide the way the words creator intended it.
My Letter:
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I use Dictionary.com all the time and love it. However I was disappointed when I checked the word "Genocide" and found no reference to the Armenian Genocide but references to the Holocaust and Rwanda as examples.
I proceeded to write the following letter and call on all of you to do the same. Feel free to copy my letter (or write your own as mine is very basic) and fill in your name, submit it to the panel that reviews incorrect entries. Lets make them properly define the word Genocide the way the words creator intended it.
My Letter:
Dear Dictionary.com Staff,
Your definition of the word Genocide cites the examples of the Holocaust and Rwandan Genocide which are correct, but the word, created by the Polish Jew Raphael Lemkin was created with the Armenian Genocide as it's prime example (which your entry fails to mention). Below you will find a link to a video in which you can watch Lemkin himself speaking at the League of Nations about the word he invented and saying that the word "Genocide" happened to the Armenians.
Of course, (not that they needed to) the International Association of Genocide Scholars have also reaffirmed that what happened to the Armenians was Genocide, here is a link to their report:
Please update your dictionary entry to reflect the word Genocide's full meaning and examples.
Thank you.
[***Insert your name here***]
Member
www.ArmenianGenocide.com
Your definition of the word Genocide cites the examples of the Holocaust and Rwandan Genocide which are correct, but the word, created by the Polish Jew Raphael Lemkin was created with the Armenian Genocide as it's prime example (which your entry fails to mention). Below you will find a link to a video in which you can watch Lemkin himself speaking at the League of Nations about the word he invented and saying that the word "Genocide" happened to the Armenians.
Of course, (not that they needed to) the International Association of Genocide Scholars have also reaffirmed that what happened to the Armenians was Genocide, here is a link to their report:
Please update your dictionary entry to reflect the word Genocide's full meaning and examples.
Thank you.
[***Insert your name here***]
Member
www.ArmenianGenocide.com