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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion..
Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase.
Zimra, then, takes an unequivocal stance; favoring Rashi's view over that of Maimonides, he offers little comfort for the rodef approach, holding instead that feticide cannot be regarded as murder becaue the fetus is not a nefesh.
Use feticide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Feticide means (dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion..
Common synonyms include aborticide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase.
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