liberticide

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liberticide

Where it comes from

From French liberticide, coined around the time of the French Revolution. Equivalent to liberty + -cide.

adjective

  1. not comparable Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal […] by aſſembling at her houſe, in ſecret council, the principal chiefs of that conſpiracy, and by keeping up a correſpondence tending to facilitate their liberticide deſigns.

noun liberticides

  1. countable, uncountable The destruction of liberty. All that has been done by the state since the revolt of May is liberticide of the most violent character.
  2. countable, uncountable One who causes the destruction of liberty. Blind, old, and lonely, when his country's pride, / The priest, the slave, and the liberticide / Trampled and mocked with many a loathed rite / Of lust and blood; he went, unterrified, /

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adj causing the destruction of liberty

Españolliberticida
Portuguêsliberticida
Françaisliberticide
Deutschfreiheitsfeindlich
Italianoliberticida
Ελληνικάελευθεριοκτόνος eleftherioktónos

noun the destruction of liberty

Españolliberticidio
Portuguêsliberticídio
Françaisliberticide
Italianoliberticidio

noun one who causes the destruction of liberty

Españolliberticida
Portuguêsliberticida
Françaisliberticide
Italianoliberticida

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MLA

"liberticide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/liberticide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

liberticide. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/liberticide

Chicago

"liberticide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/liberticide.

BibTeX
@misc{liberticide_2026,
  title = {liberticide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liberticide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}