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Meaning of "filicide" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FILICIDE

From Latin fīlius son or fīlia daughter + -cide.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FILICIDE

filicide  [ˈfɪlɪˌsaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FILICIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Filicide is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FILICIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

filicide

Filicide

Note: Varies by jurisdiction ▪ Assassination ▪ Child murder ▪ Consensual homicide ▪ Contract killing ▪ Crime of passion ▪ Depraved-heart murder ▪ Double murder ▪ Execution-style killing ▪ Felony murder rule ▪ Feticide ▪ Honor killing ▪ Human sacrifice ▪ Child ▪ Lust murder ▪ Lynching ▪ Mass murder ▪ Misdemeanor murder ▪ Murder–suicide ▪ Proxy murder ▪ Pseudocommando ▪ Lonely hearts killer ▪ Serial killer ▪ Spree killer ▪ Internet homicide Manslaughter ▪ In English law ▪ Negligent homicide ▪ Vehicular homicide Non-criminal homicide Note: Varies by jurisdiction ▪ Euthanasia ▪ Assisted suicide ▪ Capital punishment ▪ Feticide ▪ Human sacrifice ▪ Justifiable homicide ▪ War By victim or victims ▪ Suicide Family ▪ Familicide ▪ Avunculicide ▪ Prolicide ▪ Filicide ▪ Infanticide ▪ Neonaticide ▪ Fratricide ▪ Mariticide ▪ Sororicide ▪ Uxoricide ▪...

Definition of filicide in the English dictionary

The definition of filicide in the dictionary is the act of killing one's own son or daughter. Other definition of filicide is a person who does this.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FILICIDE


bacillicide
bəˈsɪlɪˌsaɪd
bactericide
bækˈtɪərɪˌsaɪd
bullycide
ˈbʊlɪˌsaɪd
countryside
ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd
fungicide
ˈfʌndʒɪˌsaɪd
herbicide
ˈhɜːbɪˌsaɪd
homicide
ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd
infanticide
ɪnˈfæntɪˌsaɪd
insecticide
ɪnˈsɛktɪˌsaɪd
Merseyside
ˈmɜːzɪˌsaɪd
pesticide
ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd
pulicide
ˈpjuːlɪˌsaɪd
regicide
ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd
rodenticide
rəʊˈdɛntɪˌsaɪd
silicide
ˈsɪlɪˌsaɪd
spermicide
ˈspɜːmɪˌsaɪd
Speyside
ˈspeɪˌsaɪd
stillicide
ˈstɪlɪˌsaɪd
suicide
ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd
wayside
ˈweɪˌsaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FILICIDE

filially
filialness
filiate
filiation
filibeg
filibuster
filibusterer
filibusterism
filibusterous
filicidal
filicinean
filiform
filigrain
filigree
filing
filing box
filing cabinet
filing clerk
filings
filiopietistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE FILICIDE

acaricide
algicide
assisted suicide
biopesticide
culpable homicide
decide
deicide
feticide
foeticide
fratricide
germicide
justifiable homicide
larvicide
liberticide
matricide
miticide
negligent homicide
nematicide
patricide
raticide
tyrannicide

Synonyms and antonyms of filicide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «filicide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FILICIDE

Find out the translation of filicide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of filicide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «filicide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

filicide
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filicidio
570 millions of speakers

English

filicide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

filicide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

filicide
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

детоубийство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

filicídio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

filicide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

filicide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filisida
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

filicide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

実子殺害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

filicide
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filisida
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

filicide
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

filicide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दादासाहित्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

filisidi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filicide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filicide
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дітовбивство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omorârea copiilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκότωσαν τα παιδιά τους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filicide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

filicide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

filicide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of filicide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FILICIDE»

The term «filicide» is regularly used and occupies the 97.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FILICIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «filicide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «filicide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about filicide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FILICIDE»

Discover the use of filicide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to filicide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Endangered Children: Homicide and Other Crimes, Second Edition
The book examines legal ramifications to neonaticide in the U.S. and abroad, including psychological and psychiatric defenses.
Lita Linzer Schwartz, Natalie K. Isser, 2012
2
Filicide as Child Sacrifice in the Judeo-Christian Worldview ...
This is because values underpinning filicide are directly related to a socially pervasive Judeo-Christian worldview.
Keith Reyes, 2008
3
The Hungry God: Hindu Tales of Filicide and Devotion
Three Hindu tales figure most prominently in The Hungry God. First, there is the South Indian story of Ciruttontar (Siriyala), who kills and cooks his son to feast the god.
David Shulman, 1993
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Filicide-Suicide: The Killing of Children in the Context of ...
contributed to the deteriorating relationship dynamic and to the individual social, emotional and psychological disintegration that so often precedes a filicide act. Conversely, comprehensive, rigorous assessment of risk (the most glaringly ...
Kieran O'Hagan, 2014
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Why Mothers Kill : A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook: A ...
In Why Mothers Kill: A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook, Geoffrey R. McKee, Ph.D. uses more than a dozen case studies from his 29-year forensic psychological evaluation practice to help us, and most importantly, prevent these horrific ...
Geoffrey R. McKee Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, 2006
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Mothers who Kill Their Children: Understanding the Acts of ...
From that literature, he amassed 131 case reports of filicide and 34 case reports of neonaticides in which the mother had acted alone. "The cases are reported in varying detail from mental hospitals, psychiatrists in practice, prison psychiatrists,  ...
Cheryl L. Meyer, Michelle Oberman, 2001
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When Women Kill
Although a mother usually committed the murder by herself (66.7 percent), another one-third had accomplices, usually a lover or spouse, particularly in cases involving neglect or starvation. A filicide occurred typically in the residence of the ...
Coramae Richey Mann, 1996
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Staging Pain, 1580-1800: Violence and Trauma in British Theater
Cecilia A. Feilla This chapter focuses on an extreme form of fatherhood depicted in heroic and bourgeois tragedies of the long eighteenth century - that of the filicide, or father who kills his offspring. I use the term filicide instead of infanticide or ...
James Robert Allard, Mathew R. Martin, 2009
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When Mothers Kill: Interviews from Prison
Their stories shine a light on the path to preventing filicide, the killing of a child by a parent. They are as enlightening as they are terrifying. Our conversations with mothers who killed their children left us feeling humbled and less sure of our ...
Michelle Oberman, Cheryl L. Meyer, 2008
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Children's Encounters with Death, Bereavement, and Coping
Fatal maltreatment filicide occurs when there is recurrent child abuse, neglect, or factitious disorder by proxy (i.e., the intentional production of physical or psychological symptoms in another person who is under the individual's care for the ...
PhD Charles Corr PhD,CT, David Balk PhD, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FILICIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term filicide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ashley Deane, mother of slain boys, talks life after tragedy
Filicide, the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own child, happens about 500 times a year, according to a 2014 report by Brown ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Men the often-unreported victims of family violence
The only exception is filicide, or the killing of one's children, in which women are marginally more likely (52 per cent of the time) to be the killers. «The Age, Jul 15»
3
Greenacres grandmother who fatally shot daughter and …
Filicide is the official name for when parents kill their children and though rare, our area has seen its share of them in the recent past. Below is a ... «WPTV.com, Jun 15»
4
Game Of Thrones: 10 Moments That Prove Stannis Was The Mannis
Not even filicide was too far for Stannis, as he sacrificed his only child to R'hllor in the hopes of it helping him win the war with the Boltons. «WhatCulture, Jun 15»
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Flavorwire Staffers on the Song Lyrics They Totally Didn't Get as Kids
Thus, I had no idea whatsoever that the song was about filicide-by-drowning, and rather thought it just another helpful tool for learning about ... «Flavorwire, Jun 15»
6
Some of the many ways fictional fathers disappoint their kids.
... from a tendency toward missing little league games to a penchant for filicide. Here's How Fathers Disappoint Us, According to the Movies. «Complex, Jun 15»
7
The first Father's Day after his son was killed, Matt McCabe speaks out
"Usually when there is a case of filicide and the victim is not disabled, there is a huge public outcry. When the victim has a disability and that ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
8
Remains of parents involved in 2006 filicide identified
However, due to scant evidence, the filicide remains shrouded in mystery, while the police have yet to establish a clear motive for the crime. «Focus Taiwan News Channel, Jun 15»
9
ArtsBeat | 'Game of Thrones' Finale Recap: Shocking Deaths and a …
Stannis, of course, learned almost immediately that filicide is not a good battlefield strategy, as it turns out. As his men deserted, even ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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The unintentional abortion metaphor in Game Of Thrones
Pro-abortion advocates are convinced that filicide permits people to be true to themselves, and that making the choice to dispose of one's ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Filicide [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/filicide>. Apr 2024 ».
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