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The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term | | The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term: Encyclopedia II - The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term | | Main article: Names of the Holocaust
The word holocaust originally derived from the Greek word holokauston, meaning "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering" to a god. Since the late 19th century, 'holocaust' has primarily been used to refer to disasters or catastrophes. By the late 1970s, however, the conventional meaning of the word became the Nazi genocide. The term is also used by many in a narrower sense, to refer specifically ...
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The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term
Main article: Names of the Holocaust
The word holocaust originally derived from the Greek word holokauston, meaning "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering" to a god. Since the late 19th century, 'holocaust' has primarily been used to refer to disasters or catastrophes. By the late 1970s, however, the conventional meaning of the word became the Nazi genocide. The term is also used by many in a narrower sense, to refer specifically to the unprecedented destruction of European Jewry in particular.
The biblical word Shoa (שואה), also spelled Shoah and Sho'ah, meaning "calamity" in Hebrew, became the standard Hebrew term for the Holocaust as early as the early 1940s.[1] Shoa is preferred by many Jews and a growing number of others for a number of reasons, including the potentially theologically offensive nature of the original meaning of the word holocaust.
The word holocaust, as it relates to the Nazi treatment of the Jews, first appeared in a New York Times headline on January 10, 1962. The headline was titled Nazi 'Holocaust' Is Recalled by Eban.
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