Holocaust

jackieguaccamo said:
A burnt sacrifice offered whole to God.
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Not according to the Oxford, the Cambridge and a couple of others:
a situation in which many things are destroyed and many people killed, especially because of a war or a fire

Britannica agrees with you but not with your claim that it's a strange word to use.
The word Holocaust is derived from the Greek holokauston, a translation of the Hebrew word ʿolah, meaning a burnt sacrifice offered whole to God. This word was chosen, and gained wide usage, because, in the ultimate manifestation of the Nazi killing program—the extermination camps—the bodies of the victims were consumed whole in crematoria or open fires.
 
Shoah, the more appropriate word for the event you're referring to. If you've the time (9,1/2 hours) and the emotional intelligence for it, check the documentary of the same name from 1985.

It's very depressing but very informative. Probably change your view of the whole event.
 
We discussed this meaning of holocaust, back in January 2023...
The Nazi's didn't call it Holocaust and the word only started to be used generally, way after the war ended.
Hitler (and those around him) borrowed heavily from Indian religion, culture and mythology...
 
Did Hitler or the Nazi's use the word though?
Also why is the original meaning of holocaust such a big deal now when, like I said - this exact meaning was discussed on here 12 months ago?
 
sixthswan said:
Did Hitler or the Nazi's use the word though?
Also why is the original meaning of holocaust such a big deal now when, like I said - this exact meaning was discussed on here 12 months ago?
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I didn’t say they did.
Not a big deal, I was just interested in the original meaning.
Gosh, silly me for repeating something we discussed 12 months ago. Wheres the original thread?
 
jackieguaccamo said:
I didn’t say they did.
Not a big deal, I was just interested in the original meaning.
Gosh, silly me for repeating something we discussed 12 months ago. Wheres the original thread?
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its very interesting to find the grins of words as our TV's, Wiki, dictionaries etc, twist our understanding of words but keep the real meaning to use theirselves.

The Law and Medical jobs are the biggest culprits !

Its all deception,

l brought Blacks Law to read about what we are dealing with.
 
My Dictionary says it refers to 'the burning if a whole animal as a sacrifice'
as well as the normal understanding about mass slaughter...
 
jackieguaccamo said:
I didn’t say they did.
Not a big deal, I was just interested in the original meaning.
Gosh, silly me for repeating something we discussed 12 months ago. Wheres the original thread?
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In post 2, you seemed a bit upset that nobody was responding?
Just seemed odd, when we've already discussed the topic...

Also why are you asking whether Hitler was religious - if you were referring to the holocaust meaning?

Antisemitic

What was antisemitic about what that MP said about the holocaust and the jabs?
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Oadlad said:
My Dictionary says it refers to 'the burning if a whole animal as a sacrifice'
as well as the normal understanding about mass slaughter...
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"my dictionary" ffs. - thats being told what to believe.

l shared the Etymology which explains the origin. You are just lazy, if you want to understand something get as close to source as you can !
 
Living languages aren't frozen in time - they evolve constantly. The original meaning of holocaust is to burn something at an altar, but it now commonly understood to refer to the murder of a large number of people. The second, more modern use of the word probably has its origins before the Second World War, but it became synonymous with the Nazi slaughter of Jewish people because of the Nazis' habit of burning bodies in open fires or crematoria.

It's just one example of how a word that originally meant something very specific has evolved to be used in a broader sense. Sometimes words completely change their meaning; other times, as in this case, they just expand a little.
 
ClaphamFox said:
Living languages aren't frozen in time - they evolve constantly. The original meaning of holocaust is to burn something at an altar, but it now commonly understood to refer to the murder of a large number of people. The second, more modern use of the word probably has its origins before the Second World War, but it became synonymous with the Nazi slaughter of Jewish people because of the Nazis' habit of burning bodies in open fires or crematoria.

It's just one example of how a word that originally meant something very specific has evolved to be used in a broader sense. Sometimes words completely change their meaning; other times, as in this case, they just expand a little.
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they are often changed, even though words change organically, more often its deliberate to change people perception.

The Tavistock Institute specialise !
 
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