gendercide

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

gendercide (usually uncountable, plural gendercides)

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

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