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What does filicide mean?

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Noun
  1. A person who kills their own child.
  2. The killing of one's own child.
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The play may hinge on ancient concepts like gods and filicide, but at its core is the timeless anguish of making a decision when any outcome would be catastrophic.
Tracy's attempted filicide is clearly a metaphor for the violent upheavals that preceded and precipitated the Civil War.
Canadian filicide, neonaticide and infanticide studies are sparse.
In any case, increased understanding of psychopathology in understanding filicide can only help, he said.
We have known from the outset that a proportion of the deaths were technically filicide.
It is not surprising that filicide, the killing of a child by a parent, provokes strong feelings.

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