neonaticide
neonaticide noun: the murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
Noun
neonaticide (countable and uncountable, plural neonaticides)
- The murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
- But critics of the law said mothers who immediately kill their babies after giving birth, a practice known as neonaticide, are usually in deep denial about their pregnancies.2007 February 4, Cara Buckley, “Brooklyn Girl Threw Away Her Newborn Son, Police Say”, in New York Times
- The murderer of a newborn (anyone who practices or who has practiced this kind of murder).
neonaticide meaning in Urdu and Bengali
neonaticide in Urdu
- murder of a newborn
- نو مولود کشی nau maulūd kuśī
neonaticide in Bengali
- একটি নবজাতকের হত্যাকারী
Forms of neonaticide
| plural | neonaticides |
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Origin of neonaticide
From neonate + -cide.
Words formed from neonaticide
Questions about neonaticide
- What does neonaticide mean?
- Neonaticide means the murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
- What is neonaticide in Urdu?
- Neonaticide in Urdu is نو مولود کشی (nau maulūd kuśī). See Neonaticide meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is neonaticide?
- Neonaticide is a noun.
- What is the plural of neonaticide?
- The plural of neonaticide is neonaticides.
Words near neonaticide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: neonaticide (page history and authors); neonaticide (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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