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gynecide

gynecide is the alternative form of gynocide.

Meaning of gynocide

Noun

gynocide (countable and uncountable, plural gynocides)

  1. The killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.
    • We find that millions upon millions of women have died as the victims of organized gynocide.1976, Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood
    Synonyms:
    femicide, feminicide

Origin of gynecide

From gyne- (“woman”) + -cide (“killing”).

Questions about gynecide

What is gynecide the alternative form of?
Gynecide is the alternative form of gynocide.

Words near gynecide in the dictionary

  1. gyneceum
  2. gynecia
  3. gynecian
  4. gynecic
  5. gynecidal
  6. gynecide
  7. gynecium
  8. gyneco-
  9. gyneco-oncology
  10. gynecocentric
  11. gynecocentrism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gynecide (page history and authors); gynocide (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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