Year Zero
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Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Year Zero canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Year Zero Context triple: [Khmer Rouge, slogan, Year Zero]
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A.
Year Without a Summer
The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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C.
End of the World
"End of the World" is the 1968 debut studio album by Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, known for its psychedelic sound and melancholic title track.
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D.
Apocalypse
Apocalypse is the 2012 studio album by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, noted for its sparse arrangements and reflective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
Year of Hell
"Year of Hell" is a critically acclaimed two-part time-manipulation storyline from Star Trek: Voyager that depicts the starship Voyager being relentlessly attacked and altered by a temporal warship over the course of a devastating alternate timeline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Year Zero Target entity description: Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
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A.
Year Without a Summer
The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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C.
End of the World
"End of the World" is the 1968 debut studio album by Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, known for its psychedelic sound and melancholic title track.
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D.
Apocalypse
Apocalypse is the 2012 studio album by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, noted for its sparse arrangements and reflective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
Year of Hell
"Year of Hell" is a critically acclaimed two-part time-manipulation storyline from Star Trek: Voyager that depicts the starship Voyager being relentlessly attacked and altered by a temporal warship over the course of a devastating alternate timeline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khmer Rouge policy
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historical policy ⓘ political concept ⓘ |
| appliedInCountry | Cambodia ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeader | Pol Pot ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegime | Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ |
| criticizedAs |
totalitarian project
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utopian social experiment ⓘ |
| effect |
abolition of markets
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abolition of money ⓘ abolition of private property ⓘ closure of religious institutions ⓘ closure of schools ⓘ destruction of cultural heritage ⓘ forced urban evacuation ⓘ mass displacement of population ⓘ mass killings ⓘ persecution of ethnic minorities ⓘ persecution of intellectuals ⓘ widespread famine ⓘ |
| goal |
create agrarian communist state
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destroy existing social structures ⓘ erase pre‑revolutionary history ⓘ reset society to a starting point ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Cambodian genocide ⓘ |
| ideology |
Maoism
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agrarian socialism ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Communist Party of Kampuchea
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Khmer Rouge ⓘ
surface form:
Khmer Rouge cadres
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| inspiredBy |
Cultural Revolution
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surface form:
Chinese Cultural Revolution
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| memorializedIn | Cambodian genocide memorials ⓘ |
| policyType |
cultural revolution
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radical modernization ⓘ social engineering ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | crime against humanity ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
creation of labor camps
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establishment of cooperatives ⓘ evacuation of Phnom Penh ⓘ |
| sloganOrMotto | “To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss” ⓘ |
| startDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
genocide studies
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modern Cambodian history ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
ethnic Cham Muslims
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ethnic Chinese in Cambodia ⓘ ethnic Vietnamese ⓘ professionals ⓘ religious leaders ⓘ urban residents ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1975–1979 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Khmer Rouge ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Year Zero Description of subject: Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
Referenced by (1)
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