gynocide
English
    
    Etymology
    
From gyno- + -cide, after genocide. Compare gynecide and gynecocide.
Pronunciation
    
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌɪnəsʌɪd/
Noun
    
gynocide (plural gynocides)
- The killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.
-  1976, Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood:- We find that millions upon millions of women have died as the victims of organized gynocide.
 
-  1987, Jane Caputi, The Age of Sex Crime, page 95:- In the contemporary Age of Sex Crime, it is another traditional female scapegoat, the prostitute, who is the paradigmatic target of gynocide.
 
 
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Dutch
    
    Noun
    
gynocide f (plural gynocides, diminutive gynocidetje n)
- femicide
- Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, femicide, feminicide
 
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