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gynocidal

gynocidal adjective: of or relating to gynocide; killing women.

Adjective

gynocidal (comparative more gynocidal, superlative most gynocidal)

  1. Of or relating to gynocide; killing women.
    • These murders reveal not only our culture's profound gynocidal propensities, but simultaneously its geocidal desires and intentions. The endless numbers of women raped, flayed, mutilated, and murdered, in both the real and the symbolic worlds, reflect and enact the large-scale assaults on the...1993, Jane Caputi, Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth, page 175

Forms of gynocidal

comparativemore gynocidal
superlativemost gynocidal

Origin of gynocidal

From gynocide + -al.

Questions about gynocidal

What does gynocidal mean?
Gynocidal means of or relating to gynocide; killing women.
What part of speech is gynocidal?
Gynocidal is an adjective.

Words near gynocidal in the dictionary

  1. gynocentrism
  2. gynocentrist
  3. gynocentrists
  4. gynochrome
  5. gynochromes
  6. gynocidal
  7. gynocide
  8. gynocides
  9. gynocracies
  10. gynocracy
  11. gynocrat

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