infanticide
Americannoun
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the act of killing an infant.
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the practice of killing newborn infants.
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a person who kills an infant.
noun
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the killing of an infant
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the practice of killing newborn infants, still prevalent in some primitive tribes
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a person who kills an infant
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Etymology
Origin of infanticide
1650–60; infanticide ( def. 1 ) < Late Latin infanticīdium; infanticide ( def. 2 ) < Late Latin infanticīda. See infant, -i-, -cide
Example Sentences
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For the role of the Infanticide Boris, Chaliapin was making up, robing in his dressing room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Infanticide is almost unheard of among wild elephants.
From Time Magazine Archive
An illuminating resume of the church's efforts in this direction is given by Dr. William Burke Ryan in his authoritative and exhaustive study entitled "Infanticide; Its Law, Prevalence, Prevention and History".
From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret
Indo-European burial custom, 453 Infanticide as cause of diminished population, 40 Influence of European teaching on native beliefs, 142 sq.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
Infanticide is unknown, and aged parents receive filial reverence, kindness, and support, while in their social and domestic relations there is much that is praiseworthy.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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