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Femicide is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Femicide in a sentence

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Femicide | Femicides

Femicide meaning

  1. The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny.
  2. A person who commits such an act.

Using Femicide

  • The main meaning on this page is: The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny. | A person who commits such an act.
  • In the example corpus, femicide often appears in combinations such as: and femicide, femicide and, of femicide.

Context around Femicide

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

profit 1× high 1× overseeing 1× partner 1× stop 1×

Often after:

count 1× refers 1× rates 1× watch 1× accountable 1× data 1× victim 1× transcended 1× provides 1× says 1×

Sentence patterns with Femicide

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cases of femicide and gender 1× cases of femicide in kenya 1× charged with femicide and sentenced 1× family of femicide victim nicolette 1× femicide refers to 1× intimate partner femicide and domestic 1× menace of femicide and the 1× moody s femicide watch 54 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to sherele 1× ataselim of we 1× bbc also notes 1× femicide refers to 1× her call comes 1× it is crucial 1×

Common sentence endings:

and domestic violence 1× and femicide accountable 1× and totally condemnable 1× august this year 1× based violence statistics 1× by rape survivors 1×

Words around Femicide

Just before it in the word index:

femi 300 femenina 2 femenil 2 femenia 3 femeni 3 femen 3

Just after it in the word index:

femicides 8 femina 7 feminam 2 feminazis 2 feminicides 2 feminine 465

Similar in corpus frequency:

actinium 41 adherent 41 adipose 41 adventuring 41 adversities 41 aeon 41

Corpus analysis for Femicide

  • In this selection, "femicide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, profit, high, overseeing, count, refers and rates stand out and add context to how "femicide" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cases of femicide and gender and cases of femicide in kenya. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "femicide" sits close to words such as actinium, adherent and adipose, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with femicide

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I’m worried about femicide. (5 words)

Femicide refers to homicides that target women and girls because of their gender. (13 words)

Licensed firearms have also featured prominently in on intimate partner femicide and domestic violence. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

South Africans have called on the government to take a stronger stance against gender-based violence and femicide after the recent murder and rape of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana and the kidnapping of six-year-old Amy-Leigh de Jager. (40 words)

More recently, we have been faced with the menace of femicide; and the recent case of serial killings of young girls in specific hotels within and outside Port Harcourt metropolis is still very fresh in memory and totally condemnable. (39 words)

Her call comes as a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence is ongoing, with stakeholders advocating for the establishment of proper legislative frameworks to hold perpetrators of gender-based violence and femicide accountable. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

There were at least 152 cases of femicide in Kenya last year, according to non-profit Femicide Count, which keeps a tally of only reported incidents.

Femicide refers to homicides that target women and girls because of their gender.

Then we have pot-holed roads, huge issues around safety, ridiculously high femicide rates — a woman is killed every four hours in South Africa — off-the-charts gender-based violence statistics.

According to Sherele Moody’s Femicide Watch, 54 women have been lost to predominantly male violence this year alone.

BBC also notes South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide and gender-based violence, with a rape recorded every 12 minutes in the country.

Her call comes as a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence is ongoing, with stakeholders advocating for the establishment of proper legislative frameworks to hold perpetrators of gender-based violence and femicide accountable.

It is crucial to ensure that activist groups, NGOs overseeing femicide data processing, along with family members remembering victims and other stakeholders dismantling harmful narratives, gain increased visibility in the debate.

Licensed firearms have also featured prominently in on intimate partner femicide and domestic violence.

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The family of femicide victim Nicolette Ghirxi have similarly separately called for an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her murder at the hands of her ex-partner in August this year.

The protests, held to rally against the rising cases of femicide and gender-based violence in the country, ended in chaos after police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, leading to violence and arrests.

The report said that femicide transcended borders, socioeconomic statuses, and cultures, but its severity varied regionally.

Rubi also argued that Orlando was wrongly charged with femicide and sentenced to 30 years.

South African National Strategic Plan (NSP) on gender-based violence and femicide provides the strategic framework for the health department to come to the party and do right by rape survivors.

Ataselim of We Will Stop Femicide says Erdogan's tough talk misses the point.

I’m worried about femicide.

Mexico has the most femicide of any country in Latin America, according to Amnesty International.

Moreover, she called for effective protection from all types of abuse, such as domestic and sexual violence and femicide.

More recently, we have been faced with the menace of femicide; and the recent case of serial killings of young girls in specific hotels within and outside Port Harcourt metropolis is still very fresh in memory and totally condemnable.

South Africans have called on the government to take a stronger stance against gender-based violence and femicide after the recent murder and rape of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana and the kidnapping of six-year-old Amy-Leigh de Jager.

The femicide law required region in the nation to install a specialized court focused on violence against women.

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Common combinations with femicide

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "femicide" in a sentence?
An example: "There were at least 152 cases of femicide in Kenya last year, according to non-profit Femicide Count, which keeps a tally of only reported incidents." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "femicide" from authentic English texts.
What does "femicide" mean?
Femicide means: The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny.
How many example sentences with "femicide" are there?
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