What is another word for patricide?

Pronunciation: [pˈatɹɪsˌa͡ɪd] (IPA)

Patricide is a heavy term that refers to the act of killing one's own father. While this word is rarely heard in everyday speech, writers may want to explore alternative expressions that convey the same idea. Some potential synonyms for patricide could include things like "familicide" or "progenicide," terms that suggest the killing of one's entire family or one's entire line of descendants, respectively. Other options might include "father slaughter," "parricide," or the more general "parenticide." Whatever term a writer chooses, it's important to consider the tone and context in which it will be used to ensure it conveys the intended meaning while remaining appropriate to the situation.

What are the hypernyms for Patricide?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Patricide?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for patricide (as nouns)

    • act
      parricide.
    • person
      parricide.

Usage examples for Patricide

As for Isabelle, at the moment she would not have hesitated at patricide, but that being out of the question, she burst into peal after peal of hysterical laughter.
"The Cricket"
Marjorie Cooke
She did not think of him as a patricide, nor did her own loss entirely inspire the emotion; she never associated him with that, but kept him outside it, as she would have kept some insensible or inanimate object had such been responsible for Ironsyde's end.
"The Spinners"
Eden Phillpotts
It was a case of patricide-a hideous crime.
"The Blue Germ"
Martin Swayne

Famous quotes with Patricide

  • If you were to believe all the old, degenerate German legends, there’s a Grail in every castle, a Charlemagne or an Arthur under every mound! There not a noble house without at least one werewolf offspring or a younger son who’s made a pact with the Devil, an uncle practising the profane arts of alchemy, a vampirical grandfather, a mad monk, a ruined abbey in the grounds where witches meet, an incarcerated lunatic (or heiress—or both), an infanticide or two (and a patricide), and, of course, a family ghost.
    Michael Moorcock

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