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Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Latin: pater "father"). Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members. (Latin: senex "old man"). Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings).
Ethnocide is the extermination or destruction of ethnic identities. [1] [2] [3] Bartolomé Clavero differentiates ethnocide from genocide by stating that "Genocide kills people while ethnocide kills social cultures through the killing of individual souls". [4]
Genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator. (The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies, Yale University Press) [39] [40] [41] 1990 John L. P. Thompson and Gail A. Quets
Social cleansing (Spanish: limpieza social) is social group-based killing that consists of the elimination of members of society who are considered "undesirable", including, but not limited to, the homeless, criminals, street children, the elderly, the poor, the weak, the sick, the needy and the disabled.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought For other uses, see Murder (disambiguation). "Murderer" redirects here. For other uses, see Murderer (disambiguation). "Double murder" redirects here. For the film, see Double Murder. Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600 ...
This category relates to specifically sociological terms and concepts. Wider societal terms that do not have a specific sociological nature about them should be added to social concepts in keeping with the WikiProject Sociology scope for the subject.
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After the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an opinion piece by New York Intelligencer argued that the company's policies and practices related to denying coverage for essential medical treatments fall under the concept of social murder, also noting that it could have potentially contributed as a motive for the ...