Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juridicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ridi-cide
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing or destruction of law, of the rule of law or of administration of justice.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] enabling a type of juridicide that exempts those responsible for the torture perpetrated in the CIA's secret prisons from open and transparent processes of juridical accountability."
"[This effort to kill off rival narratives of (in)justice, what Robert Cover once called juridicide, involved prosecutors, police, elected politicians at all levels, and the mass media in both the United States and the Philippines.]"
"Watson argues that: 'the law cannot be extinguished, the potential for a juridicide looms if Aboriginal laws continue to be ignored […] (Watson, 2022)"

Etymology

From jurid(ic) + -icide.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does juridicide mean?: The killing or destruction of law, of the rule of law or of administration of justice.
Where does juridicide come from?: From jurid(ic) + -icide.

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