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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gendercide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
gen-der-cide
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.

Uncountable

Etymology

From gender + -cide, by analogy with femicide, homicide, etc. Piecewise doublet of genocide.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gendercides (plural)

Derived Forms

gendercidal

Questions

What does gendercide mean?
The killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.
Where does gendercide come from?
From gender + -cide, by analogy with femicide, homicide, etc. Piecewise doublet of genocide.

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