Femicide

//ˈfɛ.məˌsaɪd//

Synonyms for "femicide" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (2)

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Translations

34 translations across 19 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries
  • femicidi noun (killing of women)
  • feminicidi noun (killing of women)

Danish

1 entries
  • femicide noun (killing of women)

Dutch

4 entries
  • femicide noun (killing of women)
  • feminicide noun (killing of women)
  • gynocide noun (killing of women)
  • vrouwenmoord noun (killing of women)

Finnish

1 entries
  • naismurha noun (killing of women)

French

3 entries
  • fémicide noun (killing of women)
  • féminicide noun (killing of women)
  • gynocide noun (killing of women)

Galician

2 entries
  • femicidio noun (killing of women)
  • feminicidio noun (killing of women)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფემიციდი noun (killing of women)

German

2 entries
  • Femizid noun (killing of women)
  • Frauenmord noun (killing of women)

Greek

1 entries
  • γυναικοκτονία noun (killing of women)

Italian

2 entries
  • femmicidio noun (killing of women)
  • femminicidio noun (killing of women)

Japanese

2 entries
  • フェミサイド noun (killing of women)
  • フェミニサイド noun (killing of women)

Korean

2 entries
  • 녀성살해 noun (killing of women)
  • 여성살해 noun (killing of women)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • jinkujî noun (killing of women)

Polish

1 entries
  • kobietobójstwo noun (killing of women)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • femicídio noun (killing of women)
  • feminicídio noun (killing of women)

Romanian

2 entries
  • femicid noun (killing of women)
  • feminicid noun (killing of women)

Russian

2 entries
  • феминици́д noun (killing of women)
  • фемици́д noun (killing of women)

Spanish

2 entries
  • femicidio noun (killing of women)
  • feminicidio noun (killing of women)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kvinnomord noun (killing of women)

Sample sentences

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One of the most pernicious nuisances of London is the insistence of voluptuaries, who, relying on the respectability of their rank, and the weight of their purse, endevour in open day to seduce young women who attract their attention in the public streets!... This species of delinquency may be denominated femicide; for the monster who betrays a credulous virgin, and consigns her to infamy, is in reality a most relentless murderer!

Source: wiktionary

But when Mexican feminists hit the streets on Valentine’s Day to denounce their country’s worsening femicide crisis, she saw a chance to ensure her mother’s life and death were remembered.

Source: wiktionary

Mexico is tied with Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia as the countries with the fourth-highest rates of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data from the United Nations economic commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, at 1.3 such deaths for every 100,000 women in 2023.

Source: wiktionary

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