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	==Other genocides==
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	Post-1970s coinings of the type "''name'' Holocaust" in the sense of "genocide" or "mass murder" imply a comparison to the German holocaust and are often used polemically.{{Fact\|date=October 2008}}
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	*See ]; many instances may be called "X genocide" or "X holocaust" equivalently
	*See ] for specific incidents
	*Articles specifically discussing the political background of the usage:
	**African holocaust, ] term for the suffering of African peoples through slavery, imperialism, colonialism, invasions, oppression, and exploitation.{{Fact\|date=October 2008}}
	** ], a term used by ] in his book of that name to label the genocide of ] by the United States.
	**], used to describe the Armenian genocide prior to coinage of the term "genocide".
	**], in Asia and the Pacific islands under the Japanese Empire.
	**], the death of Africans on slave ships.
	**], the '']'' (mass famine) during Soviet collectivisation.

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Holocaust can mean:

Holocaust (sacrifice), a burnt offering, from Greek holo-kauston "all burnt". The original sense, referring to a completely-burnt sacrifice
The Holocaust, or Shoah, the systematic killing mainly of six million Jews, but also of Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals and other "undesirable" groups in Europe during World War II. Since 1978, this has been the main meaning of the English term.
- Holocaust (TV miniseries), an influential portrayal of the Holocaust in 1978
By extension the word was used in English to refer to other acts of obliteration by burning (or massacres in general). See:

See also Names of the Holocaust for a discussion of the history and usage of the word.

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