infanticider

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noun

One who commits infanticide.

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Meanings

nouninfanticider (plural infanticiders)

plural infanticiders

  1. nonstandardrareOne who commits infanticide.

    Skinner (1987a) shows that while infanticide was not limited to periods of economic depression or unusual environmental stress, households of landless tenants and smallholders were more "consistent and persistent infanticiders" than their wealthier counterparts.

    2010, Noriko O. Tsuya, Prudence and Pressure: Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

Origin

From infanticide + -er.

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APA

infanticider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infanticider

MLA

“infanticider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infanticider. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infanticider,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infanticider.

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