Meaning

2 senses
  1. A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).

    Pogrom

    погро́мpogróm

    погро́мpohróm

    organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

  2. An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. They were driven out by the pogroms, but they've done well.

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  2. It was a pogrom.

    ruЭто был погром.

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  3. Older Jewish socialists consider McCarthyism to have been a pogrom.

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  4. Many Jews see the pogroms happening around the world as a vindication of Zionism.

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  5. It was Nicholas II's job to stop the pogroms, and he had the ability to do so.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews:
Русский
By meaning 1
riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews:

Origin

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

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Forms

plural: pogroms
Singularpogrom
Pluralpogroms

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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