infanticide en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/ (UK, US)
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Etymology
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The murder of an infant.
PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.
1827, Robley Dunglison, Syllabus of the Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence, page 93:A recent government survey shows that 65 per cent of the families in Japan today are nuclear families, and a report on infanticide published this year by the Criminal Sience Club of Chuo University here indicates that eight out of ten infanticides today occur in nuclear families.
1973 August 12, “Infanticide in Japan: Sign of the Times?”, in The New York Times:
- (countable, uncountable) The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| infanticides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
infanticider · autoinfanticide · infanticidal
Translations (87)
fr infanticide (murder of one's child) · sh чедомо́рство (murder of an infant) · sh čedoubistvo (murder of one's child) · vo lönacilisenan (murder of one's child) · ur بچہ کشی (murder of an infant) · sv barnamord (murder of an infant) · sh čedomórstvo (murder of an infant) · hu gyermekgyilkosság (murder of one's child) · is barnsmorð (murder of one's child) · ca infanticidi (murder of an infant) · fi lapsenmurha (murder of an infant) · de Kindsmord (murder of one's child) · te శిశుహత్య (murder of an infant) · la īnfanticīdium (murder of an infant) · de Kindesmord (murder of an infant) · nl kinderdoding (murder of one's child) · de Infantizid (murder of an infant) · de Infantizid (murder of one's child) · mk чедоморство (murder of an infant) · nl infanticide (murder of an infant) · xcl որդեսպանութիւն (murder of one's child) · ja 子殺し (murder of one's child) · de Kindestötung (murder of one's child) · hi शिशु हत्या (murder of an infant) · cmn 殺嬰 /杀婴 (murder of an infant) · ru детоуби́йство (murder of an infant) · de Kindsmord (murder of an infant) · hu csecsemőgyilkosság (murder of an infant) · sk infanticída (murder of an infant) · fi pennun surmaaminen (killing of a young, immature animal) · mk чедоубиство (murder of an infant) · io infantocido (murder of an infant) · pt infanticídio (murder of an infant) · sh инфантѝцӣд (murder of an infant) · cmn 同類相食 /同类相食 (killing of a young, immature animal) · xcl մանկասպանութիւն (murder of an infant) · de Kindestötung (murder of an infant) · de Kindermord (murder of an infant) · hi शिशु हत्या (murder of one's child) · hy որդեսպանություն (murder of one's child) · be інфантыцы́д (murder of an infant) · ja 子殺し (murder of an infant) · de Infantizid (killing of a young, immature animal) · el παιδοκτονία (murder of one's child) · mk чедоубиство (murder of one's child) · bg детеуби́йство (murder of an infant) · cs infanticida (murder of an infant) · ru инфантици́д (murder of an infant) · nl kinderdoding (murder of an infant) · es infanticidio (murder of an infant) · uk дітовби́вство (murder of an infant) · de Kindermord (murder of one's child) · sv barnamord (murder of one's child) · pt gnaticídio (murder of one's child) · ru детоуби́йство (murder of one's child) · it infanticidio (murder of an infant) · sl detomor (murder of an infant) · sl detomor (murder of one's child) · ur بچہ کشی (murder of one's child) · hi शिशु वध (murder of one's child) · sh infantìcīd (murder of an infant) · fr infanticide (murder of an infant) · nl infanticide (murder of one's child) · de Filizid (murder of one's child) · gl infanticidio (murder of an infant) · be дзетазабо́йства (murder of an infant) · hi शिशु वध (murder of an infant) · cmn 殺嬰 /杀婴 (murder of one's child) · de Kindesmord (murder of one's child) · es filicidio (murder of one's child) · hy մանկասպանություն (murder of an infant) · nl kindermoord (murder of an infant) · ko 유아 살해 (murder of one's child) · eo infanmurdo (murder of one's child) · fa قاتل بچه جدیدالولاده (murder of an infant) · el τεκνοκτονία (murder of one's child) · nl kindermoord (murder of one's child) · fi lapsenmurha (murder of one's child) · is barnsmorð (murder of an infant) · uk інфантици́д (murder of an infant) · pt filicídio (murder of one's child) · ko 영아 살해 (murder of an infant) · pl dzieciobójstwo (murder of an infant) · vo cililisasen (cf. cilil) (murder of an infant) · el βρεφοκτονία (murder of an infant) · sh čedomórstvo (murder of one's child) · sh čedoùbōjstvo (murder of one's child)