femicide

noun

fem·​i·​cide ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd 

plural femicides

: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man

There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa.

—Africa Check

… speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico.

—Cody Copeland

Examples of femicide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Malta is as perfectly safe–idyllic–as any place can be, but that doesn’t mean its exempt from crime, violence, and femicide. —Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

However, the murder of a woman is not necessarily a femicide. —Betiana Fernández Martino, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025

In 2025, femicide continues to be perpetrated in all parts of the world, with one woman or girl killed every 10 minutes or 140 women and girls every single day. —Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

Chávez was a Mexican activist who began protesting against femicides in Ciudad Juárez in the mid-nineteen-nineties. —Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

femi- (in Latin fēmina "woman") + -cide (after homicide) — more at feminine entry 1

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for femicide

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