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单词 senicide
释义

seniciden.

Etymology: < Latin seni-, senex old man + -cide comb. form2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsenicide.
rare.
The killing of the old men of a tribe, etc.
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senicide1889
1889 H. H. Johnston in Fortn. Rev. XLV. 24 Although they are never accused of superadding cannibalism to ‘senicide’, still the ancient Sardi of Sardinia regarded it as a sacred..duty for the young to kill their old relations.
1931 R. R. Marett in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 419 One must not make too much of the occasional cases of..senicide, namely, the putting away of the old.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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