matricide
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- noun
- /ˈmætrɪˌsaɪd/
- NSFW
- That man is a fugitive from justice... a murderer... a matricide.
- involved in the matricide
Examples
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Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all, and most unbearable for the son who commits it.
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And matricide is what we're talking about tonight.
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You think I do not know that there are... ...people in Rome who call me a matricide, a wife killer?
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Soon after this act of matricide, he himself died in agony.
Academic text (1991) -
Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all, most unbearable to the son who commits it.
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Zameis commits matricide and invents a fantastic narrative of his mother's passing.
Academic text (2017) -
That's something, isn't it? - ln case you just tuned in, that was Raymond Linette, out on parole after doing 4 years for matricide.
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Likewise, after witnessing Zameis's brutal stabbing of Semiramis in Act 3, the soldier Diarco condemns the matricide and expresses compassion for her suffering.
Academic text (2017) -
The horror film explored the psychological effects of matricide on the young man who committed the act.
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In his confession, he described the moment of matricide as the darkest day of his life.
Surface Forms
Morphology
matricide = matri + cide
The word is built from the classical combining form 'matri-' and the suffix '-cide', but these are not everyday English words, so the meaning is not transparently recoverable for an average learner.
Etymology
The word matricide comes from Latin parts mater 'mother' and -cide 'killing'. You can see the same -cide in suicide and homicide, so matricide means killing one's mother.