Usually means: Killing of women, gender-based motive.
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  1. femicide: Merriam-Webster
  2. Femicide, femicide: Wordnik
  3. femicide: Wiktionary
  4. femicide: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. femicide: Dictionary.com
  6. Femicide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. femicide: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. femicide: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Femicide: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Femicide: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (femicide)

▸ noun:  The killing of a woman or girl because of her sex, especially when motivated by misogyny.

Similar:
femicommie, feme, fetocide, femmie, femifascism, femcunt, femalia, femalism, femspeak, femopause, more...

Opposite:
androcide, masculinicide, gynecide

Types:
misogynoir, matricide, gynocide, more...

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Similar:
femicommie, feme, fetocide, femmie, femifascism, femcunt, femalia, femalism, femspeak, femopause, more...

Opposite:
androcide, masculinicide, gynecide

Types:
misogynoir, matricide, gynocide, more...



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