The term extermination reflects killers’ belief victims are not fully human

Evidence

Extermination begins, and quickly becomes the mass killing legally called “genocide.” It is “extermination” to the killers because they do not believe their victims to be fully human. When it is sponsored by the state, the armed forces often work with militias to do the killing. — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 16

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Comparing victims to vermin and disease makes killing them psychologically easier — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 2; Extermination stage killing requires that killers see victims as less than fully human — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 8; Comparing victims to animals makes their murder easier — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 14 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Dehumanizing victims as animals makes killing psychologically easier for perpetrators #expands (0.88) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2449
• Members of a perpetrating nation may perceive their victims as less than human #expands (0.82)
• Extermination enabled the Nazis to deploy apparently sympathetic clichés about their victims #exemplifies (0.78) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2767
• Perceiving a victim’s shared humanity can break the disengagement that enabled violence #complicates (0.74) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2424