Italy’s prestigious Treccani Encyclopaedia has chosen ‘Femminicidio’ (Femicide )as its word of the year amid a wave of deadly gender violence recently highlighted by the murder by her ex-boyfriend of 22-year-old Veneto student Giulia Cecchettin.
The word first appeared in Italian in 2001 and was registered as a neologism by the encyclopaedia in 2008.
“Since then, it has spread like wildfire, like the crime it denotes,” said the Treccani Institute.
Via ANSA
