infanticide
UK/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
infanticide noun: the murder of an infant.
Noun (1)
infanticide (countable and uncountable, plural infanticides)
- The murder of an infant.
- PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.1827, Robley Dunglison, Syllabus of the Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence, page 93
- A recent government survey shows that 65 per cent of the families in Japan today are nuclear families, and a report on infanticide published this year by the Criminal Sience Club of Chuo University here indicates that eight out of ten infanticides today occur in nuclear families.1973 August 12, “Infanticide in Japan: Sign of the Times?”, in The New York Times
- The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
- The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
- The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
Noun (2)
infanticide (plural infanticides)
- The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
infanticide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
infanticide in Hindi
- murder of one's child
- शिशु वध śiśu vadh, शिशु हत्या śiśu hatyā
- murder of an infant
- शिशु वध śiśu vadh, शिशु हत्या śiśu hatyā
infanticide in Tamil
- சிசுக் கொலை, சேய்க்கொலை, தாய்ச்சிசுக்கொலை, குழவிக் கொல்லல், மகவைக் கொல்லல்
infanticide in Urdu
- murder of one's child
- بچہ کشی bacca kuśī
- murder of an infant
- بچہ کشی bacca kuśī
infanticide in Bengali
- শিশুহত্যা
More languagesFewer languages
- infanticide in Telugu
- శిశుహత్య śiśuhatya
- infanticide in Kannada
- ಹಸುಳೆಕೊಲೆ, ಶಿಶುಹತ್ಯೆ
- infanticide in Persian
- قاتل بچه جدیدالولاده
Forms of infanticide
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Origin of infanticide
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīda. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
Words formed from infanticide
Questions about infanticide
- What does infanticide mean?
- Infanticide means the murder of an infant.
- What is infanticide in Hindi?
- Infanticide in Hindi is शिशु वध (śiśu vadh), शिशु हत्या (śiśu hatyā). See Infanticide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infanticide?
- Infanticide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infanticide?
- Infanticide is pronounced /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of infanticide?
- The plural of infanticide is infanticides.
Words near infanticide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: infanticide (page history and authors); infanticide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infanticide (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infanticide (Kannada 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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