sororicide

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noun

The killing of one's sister.

OriginLatin sorōricīdium →
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Meanings

sororicide1

nounsororicide (countable and uncountable, plural sororicides)

plural sororicides

  1. countableuncountableThe killing of one's sister.

    Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).

    2014, Albert Lee Strickland, “Familicide”, in Michael John Brennan, editor, The A–Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 205–206

sororicide2

nounsororicide (plural sororicides)

plural sororicides

  1. A person who kills his or her sister.

Origin

sororicide · noun

  1. Latinsorōricīdium“killing of one’s sister”
  2. Englishsororicide

From Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killing”).

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sororicide · noun

  1. Latinsorōricīda“one who kills his sister”
  2. Englishsororicide

From Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killer”).

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Translations

Dutch zustermoord, zustermoordenaar
  • zustermoordkilling of one’s sister
  • zustermoordenaarsister killer
French sororicide, sororicide
  • sororicidekilling of one’s sister
  • sororicidesister killer
German Schwestermord
  • Schwestermordkilling of one’s sister
Greek αδελφοκτονία, αδελφοκτόνος
  • αδελφοκτονία (adelfoktonía)killing of one’s sister
  • αδελφοκτόνος (adelfoktónos)sister killer
Latin sorōricīdium, sorōricīda
  • sorōricīdiumkilling of one’s sister
  • sorōricīdasister killer
Polish siostrobójstwo, siostrobójca
  • siostrobójstwokilling of one’s sister
  • siostrobójcasister killer
  • siostrobójczynisister killer
Portuguese sororicídio
  • sororicídiokilling of one’s sister
Russian сестроуби́йство
  • сестроуби́йство (sestroubíjstvo)killing of one’s sister
Cite this entry
APA

sororicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sororicide

MLA

“sororicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sororicide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sororicide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sororicide.

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