Causing, relating to, or tending to cause the depopulation or reduction of a population in a place.
From 'depopulate' plus the adjective suffix '-ive,' meaning 'having the quality or tendency of' depopulation.
Wars are depopulative events that can destroy regions for generations; genocidal policies are intentionally depopulative, representing humanity's darkest use of concentrated power against civilian populations.
Adjective form used to describe policies without explicitly naming their coercive intent.
Pair with explicit mechanism: 'depopulative forced-sterilization policy' rather than 'depopulative policy' alone.
["population-reducing","displacement-driven"]
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