Meanings
noungeronticide (plural geronticides)
plural geronticides · alternative gerontocide
- The killing or euthanasia of the elderly
Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.
2000, Michael Brogden, Preeti Nijhar, Crime, Abuse and the Elderly, page 33
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