altruistic filicide

Coined by Phillip Resnick, who published research on filicide in 1969, stated that there were five main motives for filicide, including "altruistic," "fatal maltreatment," "unwanted child," and "spousal revenge."

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk ˈfɪ.lɪ.sʌɪd/

altruistic filicide (countable and uncountable, plural altruistic filicides)

1. A homicide performed "out of love" to assuage the authentic or imagined suffering of the child.

• filicide
• familicide
• fratricide
• homicide
• parricide
• sororicide
• suicide
• uxoricide
• infanticide, neonaticide, prolicide