Definition of "gendercide" [gendercide]

• The killing of people because of their gender. (noun)

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• "The killing of women - rightly described as "gendercide" - is occurring in the hundreds of millions, a statistic that can hardly be comprehended in the West."
• "We go to Delhi to ask Kishwar Desai why she decided to make "gendercide" - the killing of girl babies - the subject of her first novel, Witness the Night."
• "Reading the world with Wole Soyinka, Kishwar Desai and Jason Wallace - podcast the Costa book of the year, we track two of the contenders across continents. we go to Delhi ask Kishwar Desai why she decided to make "gendercide" - the killing of girl babies - the subject of her first novel Witness the Night."