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
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
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This, in turn, leads to a reduction in intimate femicide.
—Walter S. Dekeseredy, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Unidentified, the latest from Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda), an iconoclastic crime thriller that questions our collective fascination with tales of femicide.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
The police service wouldn’t confirm this figure or previous years to CNN and campaigners have argued a lack of centralized data is part of the problem in tackling femicide.
—Ian Wafula For Cnn, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
In a final act of defiance, Maria publicly denounces Irma’s femicide and her husband’s complicity and commits suicide.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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Walter S. Dekeseredy, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Unidentified, the latest from Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda), an iconoclastic crime thriller that questions our collective fascination with tales of femicide.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
The police service wouldn’t confirm this figure or previous years to CNN and campaigners have argued a lack of centralized data is part of the problem in tackling femicide.
—Ian Wafula For Cnn, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
In a final act of defiance, Maria publicly denounces Irma’s femicide and her husband’s complicity and commits suicide.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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“Femicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/femicide. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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