patricide
Killing one's father
Patricide is the killing of one's own father, or a person who commits this act.
The word covers both the deed and the doer: Oedipus committed patricide unknowingly or The patricide stood trial for murder.
The term appears most often in literary, legal, or psychological contexts rather than everyday speech.
Male parent
- sonMale child relation
- parentMother or father
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- kinBlood-connected people
lineage · bloodline · patriarch · heir · dynasty · inheritance · succession · primogeniture
Tragic Greek king
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- ThebesAncient city, two locations
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
Jocasta · fate · destiny · hubris · tragedy · catharsis · Greek · Cronus
Lasting psychological wound
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- violenceHarmful physical force
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
rage · dysfunction · pathology · motive · narcissism · psychopathy · dissociation · repression
Not allowed
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- violationBreaking of rules
profane · stigma · revulsion · horror · unnatural · monstrous · condemnation · outcast
Deliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
capital offense · first-degree · conviction · indictment · prosecution · culpable · penalty · defendant
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- breachBreaking of agreement
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
rebellion · violation · sacrilege · ingratitude · trust · bond · severance
father
Male parent
kin · lineage · bloodline · patriarch · heir · dynasty · inheritance · succession · primogeniture · firstborn
Oedipus
Tragic Greek king
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- ThebesAncient city, two locations
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
prophecy · Jocasta · fate · destiny · hubris · tragedy · catharsis · Greek · Cronus · Zeus
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
resentment · rage · dysfunction · pathology · motive · narcissism · psychopathy · dissociation · repression · revenge
forbidden
Not allowed
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- transgressionViolation of law or code
violation · profane · stigma · revulsion · horror · unnatural · monstrous · condemnation · outcast · damned
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
assassination · capital offense · first-degree · conviction · indictment · prosecution · culpable · penalty · defendant · perpetrator
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- breachBreaking of agreement
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
usurpation · rebellion · violation · sacrilege · ingratitude · trust · bond · severance
- ParricidesLizzie Borden, Orestes, Oedipus, Nero
- -cide wordsfungicide, herbicide, insecticide, pesticide, bactericide
- historical crimestreason, heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, piracy
- homicidemurder rate, murder rates, manslaughter, felony murder, second degree murder
- murdermanslaughter, assassination, premeditated murder, serial killing, mass murder
- fatal causesdrowning, electrocution, suffocation, poisoning, stabbing
patricidematricide
Maternal murder
filicide · infanticide · fratricide · sororicide · familicide