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PRONUNCIATION OF MATRICIDAL

matricidal  [ˌmætrɪˈsaɪdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATRICIDAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Matricidal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MATRICIDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of matricidal in the English dictionary

The definition of matricidal in the dictionary is of or relating to the act of killing your own mother.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATRICIDAL


acaricidal
əˌkærɪˈsaɪdəl
apsidal
æpˈsaɪdəl
bactericidal
bækˌtɪərɪˈsaɪdəl
biocidal
ˌbaɪəʊˈsaɪdəl
fratricidal
ˌfrætrɪˈsaɪdəl
fungicidal
ˌfʌndʒɪˈsaɪdəl
genocidal
ˌdʒenəˈsaɪdəl
germicidal
ˌdʒɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
herbicidal
ˌhɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl
homicidal
ˌhɒmɪˈsaɪdəl
insecticidal
ɪnˌsektɪˈsaɪdəl
larvicidal
ˌlɑːvɪˈsaɪdəl
pesticidal
ˌpɛstɪˈsaɪdəl
seidel
ˈsaɪdəl
sidle
ˈsaɪdəl
spermicidal
ˌspɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
suicidal
ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdəl
trypanocidal
ˌtrɪpənəˈsaɪdəl
tyrannicidal
tɪˌrænɪˈsaɪdəl
virucidal
ˌvaɪrəˈsaɪdəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATRICIDAL

matriarch
matriarchal
matriarchalism
matriarchate
matriarchic
matriarchies
matriarchy
matric
matrices
matricide
matriclinic
matriclinous
matricula
matriculant
matricular
matriculate
matriculation
matriculator
matriculatory
matrifocal

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATRICIDAL

algicidal
bridal
deicidal
ecocidal
feticidal
filicidal
infanticidal
loculicidal
molluscicidal
nematicidal
nematocidal
parasiticidal
parricidal
patricidal
prolicidal
regicidal
sororicidal
spermatocidal
sporicidal
uxoricidal
viricidal

Synonyms and antonyms of matricidal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «matricidal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATRICIDAL

Find out the translation of matricidal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of matricidal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «matricidal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

matricidal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matricida
570 millions of speakers

English

matricidal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

matricidal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

matricidal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

matricidal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

matricida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতৃঘাতী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matricide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Matrikidal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

matricidal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

matricidal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

matricidal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Matrikidal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

matricidal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

matricidal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅट्रीकियल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ana katiline ait
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matricida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

matricidal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

matricidal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

matricidal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

matricidal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

matricidal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

matricidal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

matricidal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of matricidal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATRICIDAL»

The term «matricidal» is used very little and occupies the 177.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATRICIDAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «matricidal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «matricidal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about matricidal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATRICIDAL»

Discover the use of matricidal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to matricidal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dickens, Family, Authorship: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on ...
Her narrative crystallizes the matricidal intent that underlies the abjection of the archaic mother in the cause of individuation, language and creativity. It also exposes matricide as the inescapable price of the daughter's ascendance to the ...
Lynn Cain, 2008
2
Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents
The researchers used the words “matricidal” and “patricidal” in reference to offenders and incidents when referring to homicides, attempted homicides, and aggravated assaults in which parents were victims. A few of the 86 matricidal offenders ...
Kathleen M. Heide, 2013
3
Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in ...
My emphasis on Gertrude has to some extent been anticipated by those who stress matricidal impulses in the play, implicitly or explicitly making Orestes— rather than Oedipus—the model for Hamlet; see, for example, Gilbert Murray ( Hamlet ...
Janet Adelman, 2012
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The Death-Bound-Subject: Richard Wright’s Archaeology of Death
Michel Fabre (Unfinished Quest) notes the presence in Black Boy of the oedipal overtones, the affection, some potential resentment, and the importance of the mother's moral influence on Wright, but not the matricidal desires. Hence, because I ...
Abdul R. JanMohamed, 2005
5
Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts
5. MATRICIDAL. WRITING: PHILOSOPHY'S. ENDOAME. Christine van BoheemenSaaf the measure . by which our Outis cuts his truth. —James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (493.24) Derrida's most recent publication on Joyce, “The Waking ...
Andrew J. Mitchell, Sam Slote, 2013
6
Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin ...
Oliver has dedicated much of her own work to emphasize the cultural dimension of the obstacles that hinder the matricidal drive: the matricide carried out by patriarchal culture, its erasures of the maternal speaking body, its rituals of defilement, ...
Benigno Trigo, 2006
7
The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva
The lesser or greater violence of matricidal drive, depending on individuals and the milieu's tolerance, entails, when it is hindered, its inversion on the self; the maternal object having been introjected, the depressive or melancholic putting to  ...
Jennifer Radden, 2002
8
Feminist Time Against Nation Time: Gender, Politics, and the ...
Not surprisingly, the matricidal shuttle to and fro from the liquified or petrified mother produces a vexed identity. In the short story "Fiesta, 1980," Yun- ior emerges suffering from an insatiable hunger and a returning queasiness, perhaps ...
Victoria Hesford, Lisa Diedrich, 2009
9
Moody Minds Distempered : Essays on Melancholy and ...
But due to the identification with the same-sex mother peculiar to the female infant, combined with a universal matricidal drive, there is a proneness to depression peculiar to women. The “inversion of matricidal drive,” which in the male child is ...
Boston Jennifer Radden Deparment of Philosophy University of Massachusetts, 2008
10
The Portable Kristeva
The lesser or greater violence of matricidal drive, depending on individuals and the milieu's tolerance, entails, when it is hindered, its inversion on the self; the maternal object having been introjected, the depressive or melancholic putting to  ...
Kelly Oliver, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATRICIDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term matricidal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Emmy Reactions: Ricky Gervais Says, “It'll Be Nice To Lose To …
... everywhere for the sake of justice, and then you have a matricidal, mentally-challenged guy who never leaves the house and talks to himself. «Deadline, Jul 15»
2
A Point of View: The awful truth about how dispensable we are
And then as the 1990 crisis mounts further towards its matricidal climax, the indispensable focus alters - how can we ever win another election, ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
'Bates Motel' Renewed for Seasons 4 and 5, 'The Returned …
It appears the world will see Norman Bates' transformation from high school student to matricidal maniac as 'Bates Motel' has officially been ... «Nerdcore Movement, Jun 15»
4
No Other Live Options: Why Pater Edmund Was, Is, & Ever Shall Be …
Lector: Did you seriously just compare our separated brethren to matricidal, patricidal cannibals? Auctor: um, let me google punctum ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
5
Oresteia, Almeida Theatre, review: 'bogged down'
... through what's to come: the establishment of a court to decide the guilt - and fate - of Luke Thompson's anguished, matricidal Orestes. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
'Whispers' is child's play turned deadly
Think of the sociopath in The Bad Seed; the matricidal zombie child in Night of the Living Dead; the silent students in Village of the Damned. «USA TODAY, May 15»
7
7 Ways David Oyelowo Delivers Another Masterful Performance in …
Oyelowo stars as Peter Snowden, a sociopathic, matricidal Army veteran in the throes of insanity. The only person he appears to love as much ... «Essence.com, May 15»
8
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
could well be another example of the band's peculiar sense of humour as Patton describes riots at salad bars, and matricidal tendencies ... «musicOMH.com, May 15»
9
From Catholic childhood to the toast of Caracas Jewry: A Mother's …
My mother once marveled with me at the matricidal excesses in Medea, a play we saw together in New York. But she was more Roman in ... «Haaretz, May 15»
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The Best Places Online to Browse Historical Documents From the …
That matricidal hand lifted against the mother-country of us all—how slight a thing for it to wield the assassin's weapons! AssassinsVision. «Slate Magazine, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Matricidal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/matricidal>. Apr 2024 ».
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