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Dominik Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Extinction vs extermination

A nation which forgets its history is doomed to extermination/extinction?

Which is correct or maybe both possible?

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Extermination involves deliberate destruction of pests or enemies. Extinction usually occurs through natural causes. How does the author of the quoted sentence go on to justify either of the unlikely scenarios?

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  • Extermination involves deliberate destruction of pests or enemies.
  • Extinction usually occurs through natural causes.
  • How does the author of the quoted sentence go on to justify either of the unlikely scenarios?
  • Rover
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Extermination involves deliberate destruction of pests or enemies.

Extinction usually occurs through natural causes.

How does the author of the quoted sentence go on to justify either of the unlikely scenarios?

Rover
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It's possible to make both statements, but the meanings are different. "Extinction" doesn't speculate on the mechanism.
"Extermination" is a willful act by a willful actor.
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It means the nation will loose its identity and thereby will extinct.

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