infanticide

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/    美 /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The murder of an infant. countable,uncountable
    — PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.
  2. The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
  3. The murder of a child by a parent; filicide. countable,uncountable
  4. The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder. Canada,countable,uncountable
  5. The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species. countable,uncountable

词形变化

infanticides plural infanticides plural

词汇关系

衍生词
autoinfanticide infanticidal infanticider

词源

词源 1
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
词源 2
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīda. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
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