femicide

Meanings

Plural: femicides

Noun

The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny.
A person who commits such an act.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin fēm- + -icide, derived from fēmina (“woman”) after the model of homicide, genocide, etc.

Synonyms

corruption and corrupter, gynocide and see Thesaurus:killer, womanslaughter

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