‘Alternate spelling’ is a fun way to say misspelling /s
Viricide is more consistent because vir and femina are both Latin (as is -cide/-cidium, but that’s less important), while andro is Greek. The Greek-rooted synonym for femicide would be gynaecide.
But yeah, androcide would be more likely to be used, because it avoids the superficial similarity to virus; kind of like how Latin and Greek numerical prefixes often get mixed together to avoid the prefix ‘sex-’
From a quick search, viricide seems to mean “kills viruses” (as an alternate spelling of virucide) or killing one’s husband.
I would probably use the term androcide.
‘Alternate spelling’ is a fun way to say misspelling /s
Viricide is more consistent because vir and femina are both Latin (as is -cide/-cidium, but that’s less important), while andro is Greek. The Greek-rooted synonym for femicide would be gynaecide.
But yeah, androcide would be more likely to be used, because it avoids the superficial similarity to virus; kind of like how Latin and Greek numerical prefixes often get mixed together to avoid the prefix ‘sex-’
Sexagon sounds funny
Sexagon sounds like an MMA-themed porno