单词 | femicide |
释义 | femicide[ fem-uh-sahyd ] / ˈfɛm əˌsaɪd / nounthe act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise: The rate of femicide where there is drug trafficking is far greater than it is elsewhere. the deliberate, wanton violation and massacre of women and girls, as in a particular ethnic group by an invading army.Compare genocide. a person who kills a woman: In certain countries, femicides appear to act with impunity. Origin of femicideFirst recorded in 1820–30; feme + -i- + -cide Words nearby femicidefeme, feme covert, feme sole, feme-sole trader, femic, femicide, feminacy, femineity, feminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for femicide
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