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PRONUNCIATION OF PARRICIDAL

parricidal  [ˌpærɪˈsaɪdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARRICIDAL

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

WHAT DOES PARRICIDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of parricidal in the English dictionary

The definition of parricidal in the dictionary is involvinɡ the killinɡ of a parent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARRICIDAL


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 PARRICIDAL

parr
parra
parrakeet
parral
parramatta
parrel
parrhesia
parricide
parried
parrier
parries
parritch
parrock
parroket
parroquet
parrot
parrot cry
parrot disease
parrot fever
parrot phrase

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARRICIDAL

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

Synonyms and antonyms of parricidal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parricidal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARRICIDAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

parricidal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parricida
570 millions of speakers

English

parricidal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पितृहत्या-संबंधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

parricidal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

parricidal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parricida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উক্ত হত্যাসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parricide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parricidal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vatermörder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

親殺しの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parricidal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parricidal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về người giết cha mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parricidal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akraba katili ile ilgili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parricida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parricidal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parricidal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paricid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parricidal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parricidal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parricidal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parricidal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parricidal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARRICIDAL»

The term «parricidal» is used very little and occupies the 179.147 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARRICIDAL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARRICIDAL»

Discover the use of parricidal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parricidal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Work of Culture: Symbolic Transformation in ...
Conscience and Culture: The Parricidal King in Buddhist History We recorded three powerful parricidal kings in Buddhist history. What was their historical role? Following the lines of the preceding argument I suggest that the role of the ...
Gananath Obeyesekere, 1990
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Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer
Although extremely rare, most reported cases of parricidal familicide involve the mass murder of all other family members, including both parents and all siblings, by the eldest male child. Criminologist Virginia Leggett conducted an exhaustive  ...
Robert E. Hanlon, Thomas V Odle, 2013
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Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution
There are two kinds of increase, pairicidal, in which the parent is destroyed (1, 2), and non-parricidal, where it is not. 1. Axial increase. In this mode the corallite splits by fission into two or more daughter polyps within the calice. Such budding is ...
Euan Clarkson, 2009
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Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing Complicities in ...
Commentators from Franz Alexander and Ernst Kris to the present have discussed Prince Harry's "parricidal" impulses. It isn't difficult to educe from a close reading of his language the presence of hostile or aggressive reactions to his father, ...
Harry Berger, Peter Erickson, 1997
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Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents
Case Studies 276 Parricidal ldeation Daniel admitted that when he was growing up he thought about killing his parents. He dreamed, and even fantasized during the day, about killing his parents. He admitted he sometimes was afraid that he ...
Kathleen M. Heide, 2013
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A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews
His inability to say no to them and to be firm with them came from his great need to be loved, which made David deny even his son Absalom's parricidal feelings toward him. His profound need to be loved may have stemmed from his being ...
Avner Falk, 1996
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The Romantic Imagination: Literature and Art in England and ...
The. Parricidal. Imagination: Schiller,. Blake,. Fuseli. and. the. Romantic. Revolt. against. the. Father. There are few subjects that interest us more generally than the adventures of robbers and banditti. (Charles MacFarlane, 1 833) There are ...
Frederick Burwick, Jürgen Klein, 1996
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God: An Itinerary
10. Parricidal. Christ. The dead shouted: 'Oh Christ! Is there no God?' He answered: 'There is none.' All the shades began trembling violently. (Jean-Paul Richter, 1796) The Tarpeian Rock was near the Capitol. The Father had so successfully ...
Régis Debray, 2004
9
Fathering the Nation: American Genealogies of Slavery and ...
Founding. Fathers. and. Parricidal. Textuality. Race and Authority in American Narrative The soul of the Union is dead, and now let its body be buried. — New Orleans Daily Crescent, December 1861 THE WASHINGTON CORPUS AND THE ...
Russ Castronovo, 1995
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Public Space and Democracy
(Parricide designated fratricide or matricide as well.) Horace's crime, it goes without saying, is a true parricide: a brother kills his sister. The war between Rome and Alba, on the other hand, is a parricidal war, at least in a symbolic sense.
Marcel Hénaff, Tracy B. Strong, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARRICIDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parricidal is used in the context of the following news items.
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A brush with Gordie: Howes are good travel companions
He has 30 IMDB credits, starting with "Detroit 1-8-7" in 2011 through upcoming films such as "The Parricidal Effect" to "The Taker's Crown.". «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»
2
So far so good: CDA making efforts to curb dengue
These teams carried out parricidal sprays at 209 and fogging activity at 262 potential breeding sites of dengue mosquito, whiles praying activity ... «The Express Tribune, May 15»
3
David Foster Wallace's David Letterman Tribute
“Well, there's been a kind of parricidal mood toward rules in the industry for quite some time,” my husband said as we waited for the elevator's ... «Vulture, May 15»
4
Lincoln's death mourned in Sandusky
... we eschew anything like revenge, we do demand Justice upon the heads of the guilty leaders of the present parricidal Rebellion; Justice and ... «Sandusky Register, Apr 15»
5
A madcap drama that needs the cold eye of a director and some …
“I did it,” says Padraic McIntyre as Pat McNab, the would-be parricidal maniac, clutching a two-pronged pitchfork. Perhaps Christy Mahon never ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
6
Bloody, Bloody Beekman Place: Where the Wealthy Wind Up Dead
What made the story catnip to the tabloids was not only the irresistibly lurid ingredients of the apparently parricidal crime—unstable golden boy ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
7
Freaky Fridays at the Film Society of Lincoln Center
Among the perverse pleasures are David Cronenberg's parricidal nightmare “The Brood” (1979), Kathryn Bigelow's outlaw vampire movie ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
8
The Bible is Not A Myth: God's Patience with a Tone Deaf People
... the same kind, for example the one that makes Oedipus out to be a parricidal, incestuous plague-spreader.” (When These Things Begin, 92). «Patheos, Jun 14»
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Chicago author gives lecture at SIU about mass murder
Hanlon also talked about parricidal familicide, meaning the killing of one or both parents, and on or more siblings by a child. He mentioned that ... «The Southern, Apr 14»
10
New Year's Day, 1864
... and covered “the land with desolation and mourning.” Only a Democratic president could “rescue what is left of our fair country from parricidal ... «New York Times, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Parricidal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parricidal>. May 2024 ».
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