VOCAB: KINDS OF DEATH/MURDER Flashcards
Homicide
The crime of killing one person
Suicide
The act of killing oneself
Genocide
The act of murdering or slaughtering a group or mass of people (national, ethnic, racial, religious)
Regicide
The killing of a king
Autocide
Suicide by an automobile
Medicide
Suicide assisted by a physician
Pedicide
The act of killing a child
Senicide
The act of killing an elderly person
Geronticide
The act of killing an elderly person
Xenocide
The act of killing of a foreign or alien species (plant or animal)
Papicide
The act of killing a pope
Deicide
The act of killing a god or deity
Tyrannicide
The act of killing a tyrant
Ecocide
The act of killing or destroying a natural environment
Famacide
The act of killing someone’s reputation
Linguicide
The act of killing a language or causing its demise
Mundicide
The act of destroying a planet
Urbicide
The act of destroying a city or the process of urbanization
Epistemicide
The act of eliminating, killing, or destroying a specific body or system of knowledge
Euthanasia
The act of killing with good intentions (e.g., to stop someone from feeling any more pain due to a medical condition)
Democide
The act of killing a person or party by the government
Populicide
The act of killing a person or party by the government
Amicicide
The act of killing a friend
Feticide
The act of killing a fetus
Fragging
The act of killing a fellow soldier
Androcide
The act of killing males
Femicide
The act of killing females
Gynecide
The act of killing females
Gynocide
The act of killing females
Gendercide
The act of killing a specific gender or sex
Omnicide
The act of killing all of humanity; intentional extinction
