u/ChamomileMornings

Is there a word specifically used for killing a copy or clone of one's self?

a lot of what i am finding suggests the term is something less elegant like "external suicide" or simply "homicide" since it is another mind and body. Since Clone doesn't have a direct latin or greek root as far as i could find, i was looking for things like copy or duplicate, but nothing i researched seemed to come up with an exact right/existing term. Some words i found include Suicide (killing oneself), Parricide (killing a relative), and Clonicide/Klonicide (which doesn't feel like a real word despite its use in the context i found).

Other forms that came to mind would be something like Duplicide, Replicide, or Mimicide, but nothing i researched was showing these to be real words. would one of these or something else work best as a new structure if one doesn't already exist?

any help would be appreciated!

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u/ChamomileMornings — 12 days ago