Infanticide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Infanticide is a noun meaning The murder of an infant.
Meaning
The murder of an infant.
More Meanings
- The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
- (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
- The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
- (law, Canada) 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.
Example Sentences
PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.
A recent government survey shows that 65 per cent of the families in Japan today are nuclear families, and a report on infanticide published this year by the Criminal Sience Club of Chuo University here indicates that eight out of ten infanticides today occur in nuclear families.
Word Forms
- infanticides
Related Words
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