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gendercide

gendercide noun: the killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.

Noun

gendercide (usually uncountable, plural gendercides)

  1. (usually) The killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.

Forms of gendercide

pluralgendercides

Origin of gendercide

From gender + -cide, by analogy with femicide, homicide, etc. Piecewise doublet of genocide.

Words formed from gendercide

Questions about gendercide

What does gendercide mean?
Gendercide means the killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.
What part of speech is gendercide?
Gendercide is a noun.
What is the plural of gendercide?
The plural of gendercide is gendercides.

Words near gendercide in the dictionary

  1. genderbent
  2. genderblind
  3. genderbread people
  4. genderbread person
  5. gendercidal
  6. gendercide
  7. gendercides
  8. gendercrit
  9. gendercrits
  10. gendercritter
  11. gendercritters

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