neonaticide

English

Etymology

neonate +‎ -cide

Noun

neonaticide (countable and uncountable, plural neonaticides)

1. The murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
   • 2007 February 4, Cara Buckley, “Brooklyn Girl Threw Away Her Newborn Son, Police Say”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But critics of the law said mothers who immediately kill their babies after giving birth, a practice known as neonaticide, are usually in deep denial about their pregnancies.

Translations

Translations

• French: néonaticide (fr) m
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See also

• abortion
• filicide, infanticide, pedicide, prolicide