Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of killing an infant.
- noun The practice of killing newborn infants.
- noun One who kills an infant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who kills an infant.
- noun The killing of an infant; specifically, the destruction of a child, whether newly born, in the course of parturition, or still in utero; child-murder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
- noun The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
murder of aninfant . - noun The murder of a child by a parent;
filicide . - noun The
murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide. - noun zoology The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun murdering an infant
- noun a person who murders an infant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If infanticide is code for abortion, the moderate position is that it should be legal in many circumstances, but with more restrictions than there are now.
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If infanticide is code for abortion, the moderate position is that it should be legal in many circumstances, but with more restrictions than there are now.
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ProWomanProLife » Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted
ProWomanProLife » Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted 2009
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Considering the simple and quite verifiable fact that the Christian bible recognizes the 'Old Testament 'as being divinely inspired (indeed, many Christians believe the bible to be the inerrant word of god), we may pose the simple question to Christians (and Jews, as it turns out) as to whether infanticide is ethically or morally acceptable.
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Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted My goodness, what a horrible mistake to make.
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Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted My goodness, what a horrible mistake to make.
ProWomanProLife » Life sentence for mother convicted of killing her three children 2009
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Italian police are investigating the case for “homicide” because infanticide is illegal in Italy.
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Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted My goodness, what a horrible mistake to make.
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Female infanticide is the practice of abandoning or killing female children in areas where male children are valued more.
ProLiteracy Calls for Greater U.S. Investment in Global Literacy « Blogs « Literacy News 2009
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Mother wrongly convicted of infanticide is acquitted My goodness, what a horrible mistake to make.
ProWomanProLife » Hello there young mother – why don’t you find some kind of work to do? 2010
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