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单词 filicide
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Definition of filicide in English:

filicide

noun ˈfɪlɪsʌɪdˈfiləˌsīd
mass noun
  • 1The killing of one's son or daughter.

    杀子女行为

    maternal filicide

    母亲的杀子女行为。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The very idea of filicide (the murder of a child by a parent) is abhorrent.
    • He claimed that 80% of infant deaths were probably due to recognisable medical causes which doctors had failed to diagnose, while a further one in ten were the result of infanticide or filicide.
    • It becomes clear that filicide is incorporated into his conception of virtue.
    • In the past 15 years two American doctors have committed double filicide.
    • Although the Canadian homicide rate in general has declined to its lowest level in 30 years, there has been significant increase in filicides.
    • As shocking and deeply disturbing as such a crime might be, in reality filicide - the clinical term for child-killing by parents - is not as rare as you might think.
    • But also, I don't rightly know how you stop mindless filicide; and there's a strong stench of inevitability and an anti-political helplessness hanging over the books.
    • It is not surprising that filicide, the killing of a child by a parent, provokes strong feelings.
    • The study included two families in which there were two CONI deaths, one triple SIDS and one triple filicide.
    • We have known from the outset that a proportion of the deaths were technically filicide.
    • No, it wasn't this kind of filicide or mother killing her children.
    Synonyms
    murder, taking of life, assassination, homicide, manslaughter, liquidation, elimination, doing to death, putting to death, execution, dispatch, martyrdom
    1. 1.1count noun A person who kills their son or daughter.
      杀子女者

Origin

Mid 17th century from Latin filius 'son', filia 'daughter' + -cide.

Definition of filicide in US English:

filicide

nounˈfiləˌsīd
  • 1The killing of one's son or daughter.

    杀子女行为

    maternal filicide

    母亲的杀子女行为。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It becomes clear that filicide is incorporated into his conception of virtue.
    • He claimed that 80% of infant deaths were probably due to recognisable medical causes which doctors had failed to diagnose, while a further one in ten were the result of infanticide or filicide.
    • The study included two families in which there were two CONI deaths, one triple SIDS and one triple filicide.
    • No, it wasn't this kind of filicide or mother killing her children.
    • But also, I don't rightly know how you stop mindless filicide; and there's a strong stench of inevitability and an anti-political helplessness hanging over the books.
    • The very idea of filicide (the murder of a child by a parent) is abhorrent.
    • As shocking and deeply disturbing as such a crime might be, in reality filicide - the clinical term for child-killing by parents - is not as rare as you might think.
    • In the past 15 years two American doctors have committed double filicide.
    • It is not surprising that filicide, the killing of a child by a parent, provokes strong feelings.
    • Although the Canadian homicide rate in general has declined to its lowest level in 30 years, there has been significant increase in filicides.
    • We have known from the outset that a proportion of the deaths were technically filicide.
    Synonyms
    murder, taking of life, assassination, homicide, manslaughter, liquidation, elimination, doing to death, putting to death, execution, dispatch, martyrdom
    1. 1.1 A person who kills their son or daughter.
      杀子女者

Origin

Mid 17th century from Latin filius ‘son’, filia ‘daughter’ + -cide.

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