VOCAB: KINDS OF DEATH/MURDER Flashcards
(31 cards)
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
