misopedia

American

[mis-oh-pee-dee-uh, mahy-soh-] / ˌmɪs oʊˈpi di ə, ˌmaɪ soʊ- /

Or misopaedia

noun

hatred of children, especially one's own.

Other Word Forms

misopedist noun

Etymology

Origin of misopedia

< New Latin misopaedia; miso-, ped- ¹, -ia

Example Sentences

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Associated words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate. childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in, travail, labor, childbearing.

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