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patricide:
(plural: ‘patricides‘)
Daniel, a patricide, USA
a person who kills his/her own father,
e.g.
Psychiatrists and philosophers are unable to find out why some people become patricides, killing their own fathers.
{Note: A ‘matricide‘ is a person who kills or has killed his/her own mother; a ‘parricide or parenticide‘ is a person who kills or has killed his/her own parents and any other close relatives; a “fratricide” is a person who kills or has killed his/her own brother; a ‘sororicide‘ is a person who kills or has killed his/her own sister; a “uxoricide” is a man who kills or has killed his wife; a “mariticide or viricide” is a woman who kills or has killed her husband; a “filicide or prolicide” is a person who kills or has killed his/her own children; a ‘regicide‘ is a person who kills/murders or who is responsible for the death of a king or queen; an “infanticide” is a person who kills very young baby/infant; and a “homicide” is a person who kills another person, not necessarily his/her relative. And all the ‘..cides’ are used to refer not only to the persons involved but also to ‘the act of killing somebody’.}
Note: Note very well that not all words that end in ‘cide’ refer to killers or killings of people; for instance, ‘fungicide’ and ‘pesticide’ are chemicals that are used to kill fungi and pests that harm plants and crops. For an article that explains the difference between different ‘cides’ in this context, please click here.
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