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geronticide

geronticide noun: the killing or euthanasia of the elderly.

Noun

geronticide (plural geronticides)

  1. The killing or euthanasia of the elderly
    • Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.2000, Michael Brogden, Preeti Nijhar, Crime, Abuse and the Elderly, page 33

geronticide meaning in Bengali

geronticide in Bengali

বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ ব্যক্তিদের হত্যা, যন্ত্রণাহীন মৃত্যু

Forms of geronticide

pluralgeronticides
alternative formgerontocide

Origin of geronticide

From geronto- + -icide.

Questions about geronticide

What does geronticide mean?
Geronticide means the killing or euthanasia of the elderly.
What is geronticide in Bengali?
Geronticide in Bengali is বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ ব্যক্তিদের হত্যা, যন্ত্রণাহীন মৃত্যু. See Geronticide meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is geronticide?
Geronticide is a noun.
What is the plural of geronticide?
The plural of geronticide is geronticides.

Words near geronticide in the dictionary

  1. gerontechnological
  2. gerontechnologies
  3. gerontechnology
  4. gerontes
  5. gerontic
  6. geronticide
  7. geronticides
  8. gerontine
  9. gerontism
  10. geronto-
  11. gerontocentric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geronticide (page history and authors); geronticide (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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