Gynocide

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɡʌɪnÉ™sʌɪd/, /ˈdʒʌɪnÉ™sʌɪd/

Origin

From , after genocide. Compare gynecide and gynecocide.

Full definition of gynocide

Noun

1. 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, p. 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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