patricide

[ pa-truh-sahyd, pey‑ ]

noun

1. the act of killing one's own father.
2. a person who commits such an act.

patricide

/ ˈpætrɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the act of killing one's father
2. a person who kills his father

Derived Forms

• ˌpatriˈcidal, adjective

Other Words From

• patri·cidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of patricide¹

First recorded in 1585–95; patri- + -cide

Example Sentences

Tyrion, now on the lam for patricide by crossbow, is destined for an unknown foreign port like a diminutive Edward Snowden.

From The Daily Beast

As a writer, Dyer commits this artistic patricide regularly and more elegantly than most.

From The Daily Beast

This was laughed at before the shadow of Booth's patricide was cast ahead.

From Project Gutenberg

"But even there infanticide was more popular than patricide," Farrell pointed out.

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As in similar psychological situations, patricide and matricide followed.

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There was a time when the ancient Romans did not think that there existed such a crime as patricide; and hence it is.

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Did the ancient Romans encourage their children to kill their parents, or to commit patricide?

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