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prolicide

[ proh-luh-sahyd ]

noun

  1. the killing of one's child.


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Other Word Forms

  • l·a adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prolicide1

1835–45; < Medieval Latin ō- (combining form representing Latin ōŧ offspring; proletary ) + -cide
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Example Sentences

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The Dollanger books, which feature almost every kind of forbidden act you can think of, from attempted matricide to prolicide to every iteration of incest imaginable, offer a shocking but necessary way into that inky, gory, and deeply human psychological underworld.

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The inevitable next move for Murdoch is prolicide.

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Associated words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate. childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in, travail, labor, childbearing.

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