The systematic killing or slaughter of women and girls, either as genocide or as a targeted practice within a population.
From Greek 'gyne' (woman) and Latin 'caedere' (to kill), modeled after 'genocide'—created in the late 20th century to name a specific form of violence.
Sadly, 'gynecide' became a necessary word when scholars realized that wars and genocides often killed women at disproportionate rates—it's a feminist term that makes violence against women visible.
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