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PRONUNCIATION OF PATRICIDAL

patricidal  [ˌpætrɪˈsaɪdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATRICIDAL

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

WHAT DOES PATRICIDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of patricidal in the English dictionary

The definition of patricidal in the dictionary is of or relating to the act of killing one's father. Other definition of patricidal is of or relating to a person who kills his father.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATRICIDAL


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 PATRICIDAL

patriarchally
patriarchate
patriarchies
patriarchism
patriarchy
patriate
patriation
patrician
patricianly
patriciate
patricide
Patrick
patriclinous
patrico
patrifocal
patrifocality
patrilineage
patrilineal
patrilineally
patrilinear

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATRICIDAL

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

Synonyms and antonyms of patricidal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «patricidal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATRICIDAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

弑父
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parricida
570 millions of speakers

English

patricidal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पितृहत्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

patricidal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

patricidal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patricida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বীয় পিতৃহত্যাসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parricide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Patricidal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

patricidal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

patricidal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

patricidal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Patricidal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc giai cấp quí tộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

patricidal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आळशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

patricidal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patricida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patricidal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

patricidal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patricidal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

patricidal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

patricidal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

patricidal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

patricidal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of patricidal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRICIDAL»

The term «patricidal» is used very little and occupies the 177.601 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRICIDAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «patricidal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «patricidal» 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 patricidal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATRICIDAL»

Discover the use of patricidal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to patricidal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan: Patriarchal Fictions, ...
Through examination of their own life stories and writings, Helene Bowen Raddeker brings to life the women's own interpretations of their lives and their attitudes to death, with the associations of political martyrdom, heroism and notions ...
Helene Bowen Raddeker, 2014
2
The Patricidal Bedside Companion: A Novel
Evoking the rootlessness and casual cynicism of modern America, a tragicomic vision of today's younger generation follows the misadventures of Riley O'Donnough, who plans to murder his father, until he falls for the beautiful Tara, a ...
K. S. Haddock, 1994
3
Rewriting the Self: Psychotherapy and Midrash
Hence, the question of whether the patricidal (the killing of one's father) or the filicidal (the killing of one's child) trend is a more predominant feature in intergenerational tensions seems of limited use not only because such trends are usually ...
‎2004
4
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
5
The Historian's Lincoln: Pseudohistory, Psychohistory, and ...
Suppressing whatever wish he may have had to destroy their work, his "patricidal desire . . . surfaced in the distinguished form of a desire to defend the fathers' institutions and laws from a patricide." Here was a role that the ambitious Lincoln  ...
Gabor S. Boritt, Norman O. Forness, 1996
6
Oedipus in the Trobriands
A patricidal Oedipal myth from Ulithi, a matrilineal society in Micronesia, is especially instructive in this regard because it parallels the Dokonikan myth in one important feature. In this myth (Lessa 1961), a mother and son commit incest, and ...
‎1993
7
Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family
Freud claimed that this patricidal dream represents an unconscious wish, and that moral considerations during the waking hours make it impossible for the individual to act on, or even acknowledge, this wish. Freud believed people would ...
Karl A. Pillemer, Rosalie S. Wolf, 1986
8
Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of ...
Ω The eternal repetition of assassination (''sic semper tyrannis'') is, indeed, in the service of patricidal sons. The very fact that Lincoln's death is a more glorious copy of Caesar's proves for Lincoln's generation the monumental immortality of the ...
Madhavi Menon, 2011
9
Issues in Global, Public, Community, and Institutional ...
offences against fathers (i.e. patricidal offences) than against mothers (i.e. matricidal offences). Adolescent offenders were more likely to use firearms than adult offenders in violent acts against a parent. Among personality-disordered subjects, ...
‎2013
10
Dickens, Family, Authorship: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on ...
In narrative terms, this shift from a verbal to a musical mode allows Tom's patricidal dynamic full expression with impunity; for in Tom's musical fantasy world the sordid appearance of Pecksniff seems to bear little relationship to the light fall of ...
Lynn Cain, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATRICIDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term patricidal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Thaw In Japan-South Korea Relations? – Analysis
... to guide and a democratic structure, South Korea was plunged into a three-year long patricidal war with its sibling in the North and then had a ... «Eurasia Review, Jun 15»
2
Spellbound by a Frozen Moment
His face is turned away from us, and Dadd's poem certainly does not identify the ax-wielder as a patricidal artist. But the hunched, bearded and ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
'True Detective' Review: New Cases, New Faces, New Places
... County Sheriff's investigator Antigone “Ani” Bezzerides is a barely contained fount of feminist rage, patricidal impulses and erotic hang-ups. «Wall Street Journal, 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
'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Episode 7 Recap: “The Gift”
And if there's a sign this show is getting too dark, a patricidal alcoholic getting an episode's only happy ending might be it. Tags:D.B. Weiss ... «Flavorwire, May 15»
6
10 'X-Files' Episodes That Still Scare the Crap Out of Us
Cloned twin girls separated at birth, but linked by the same patricidal tendencies, are the threat Mulder and Scully must deal with. «Comic Book Resources, May 15»
7
Let's rank every Avenger ever
So she's just your average martial artist patricidal transgender Messiah-mom. 42. Rage. I have a fondness for Rage, because I enjoy the movie ... «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»
8
Game of Thrones season 5 episode 1 review: Big Sky Atlantic return …
Patricidal Tyrion and his ally Varys had travelled to sunny Pentos, where they hoped to throw their lot in with Daenerys. Meanwhile, back in ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
9
The Battle for the Frick: Can Thousands of Garden-Loving Activists …
... Pennsylvanians, and banished his own son to France when he feared a patricidal coup—and the fruits of these methods were on full display. «New York Observer, Apr 15»
10
When Michael Buerk met Russell Crowe...
Maximus Decimus Meridius, the Roman general betrayed by his emperor's patricidal son in Gladiator. The eponymous hero in Robin Hood, ... «Radio Times, Apr 15»

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