The successful attempt by a dominant group,vested with formal authority and/or with preponderant access to the overall resources of power,to reduce by coercion or lethal violence the number of a minority group whose ultimate extermination is held desirable and useful and whose respective vulnerability is a major factor contributing to the decision of genocide was a definition of genocide presented by ______.

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This definition of genocide was presented by Vahakn Dadrian, a sociologist and genocide scholar. The other options mentioned are also prominent scholars in the field of genocide studies, but this specific definition was presented by Dadrian.

The Successful Attempt by a Dominant Group,vested with Formal Authority