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<blockquote data-quote="Woodsy" data-source="post: 1064452" data-attributes="member: 8349"><p>Facts don't seem to get in your way when you have a chance to insult Jews or to imply some sort of conspiracy, Voegelin...</p><p> </p><p><strong><u>HOLOCAUST:</u></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Word History: </strong>Totality of destruction has been central to the meaning of <em>holocaust</em> since <span style="color: red">it first appeared in Middle English in the 14th century</span>, used in reference to the biblical sacrifice in which a male animal was wholly burnt on the altar in worship of God. <span style="color: red"><em>Holocaust</em> comes from Greek <em>holokauston</em> (that which is completely burnt), which was a translation of Hebrew <em><img src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/omacr.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />lâ</em> (literally that which goes up, that is, in smoke).</span> In this sense of burnt sacrifice, <em>holocaust</em> is still used in some versions of the Bible. In the <span style="color: red">17th century</span> the meaning of <em>holocaust</em> broadened to something totally consumed by fire, and the word eventually was applied to fires of extreme destructiveness. In the 20th century <em>holocaust</em> has taken on a variety of figurative meanings, summarizing the effects of war, rioting, storms, epidemic diseases, and even economic failures. Most of these usages arose after World War II, but it is unclear whether they permitted or resulted from the use of <em>holocaust</em> in reference to the mass murder of European Jews and others by the Nazis. <span style="color: red">This application of the word occurred as early as 1942</span>, but the phrase <em>the Holocaust</em> did not become established until the late 1950s. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=holocaust" target="_blank">http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=holocaust</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Woodsy, post: 1064452, member: 8349"] Facts don't seem to get in your way when you have a chance to insult Jews or to imply some sort of conspiracy, Voegelin... [b][u]HOLOCAUST:[/u][/b] [b]Word History: [/b]Totality of destruction has been central to the meaning of [i]holocaust[/i] since [color=red]it first appeared in Middle English in the 14th century[/color], used in reference to the biblical sacrifice in which a male animal was wholly burnt on the altar in worship of God. [color=red][i]Holocaust[/i] comes from Greek [i]holokauston[/i] (that which is completely burnt), which was a translation of Hebrew [i][img]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/omacr.gif[/img]lâ[/i] (literally that which goes up, that is, in smoke).[/color] In this sense of burnt sacrifice, [i]holocaust[/i] is still used in some versions of the Bible. In the [color=red]17th century[/color] the meaning of [i]holocaust[/i] broadened to something totally consumed by fire, and the word eventually was applied to fires of extreme destructiveness. In the 20th century [i]holocaust[/i] has taken on a variety of figurative meanings, summarizing the effects of war, rioting, storms, epidemic diseases, and even economic failures. Most of these usages arose after World War II, but it is unclear whether they permitted or resulted from the use of [i]holocaust[/i] in reference to the mass murder of European Jews and others by the Nazis. [color=red]This application of the word occurred as early as 1942[/color], but the phrase [i]the Holocaust[/i] did not become established until the late 1950s. From: [url="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=holocaust"]http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=holocaust[/url] [/QUOTE]
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