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senilicide

senilicide noun: killing of old people, especially to conserve resources for younger people.

Noun

senilicide (uncountable)

  1. Killing of old people, especially to conserve resources for younger people.
    • Where it was practiced, senilicide was rare except during famines.2004 May 4, “Did Eskimos put their elderly on ice floes to die?”, in The Straight Dope

Origin of senilicide

From Latin senilis + -cida or cognates.

Questions about senilicide

What does senilicide mean?
Senilicide means killing of old people, especially to conserve resources for younger people.
What part of speech is senilicide?
Senilicide is a noun.

Words near senilicide in the dictionary

  1. senile keratosis
  2. senile wart
  3. senile warts
  4. senilely
  5. seniles
  6. senilicide
  7. senilise
  8. senilised
  9. senilises
  10. senilising
  11. senilism

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