infanticide
The murder of an infantThe murder of an infant.
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Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The murder of an infant.
Infantizid, Kindesmord, Kindsmord
детоуби́йствоdetoubíjstvo, инфантици́дinfanticíd
дітовби́вствоditovbývstvo, інфантици́дinfantycýd
murdering an infant
(countable, uncountable)The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
Filizid, Infantizid, Kindesmord
детоуби́йствоdetoubíjstvo
(Canada, countable, uncountable)The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
(countable, uncountable)The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
Infantizid
The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
Kindesmörder, Kindesmörderin, Kindsmörder
детоуби́йцаdetoubíjca
a person who murders an infant
Examples
1 sentencesFadil wanted to learn more about infanticide.
Translations
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Origin
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -ciFrom French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
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Forms
plural: infanticides| Singular | infanticide |
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Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
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