Infanticider

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who commits infanticide. nonstandard, rare

    "Skinner (1987a) shows that while infanticide was not limited to periods of economic depression or unusual environmental stress, households of landless tenants and smallholders were more "consistent and persistent infanticiders" than their wealthier counterparts."

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"Skinner (1987a) shows that while infanticide was not limited to periods of economic depression or unusual environmental stress, households of landless tenants and smallholders were more "consistent and persistent infanticiders" than their wealthier counterparts."

Etymology

From infanticide + -er.

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