The act of killing one's own son or daughter, or a person who commits this act.
From Latin 'filius' (son) and 'filia' (daughter) + 'caedere' (to kill), creating a specific term for this form of homicide.
Filicide appears in criminal psychology and forensic literature as one of the rarest yet most studied crimes—the parent-child relationship makes it psychologically and legally unique, with different motivations than other murders.
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