matricide

[Mat·ri*cide]

If someone kills their own mother, it's called matricide. Among other melodrama, Greek myths are one place to find plenty of matricide.

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The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.

Noun
murder of your mother

Noun
a person who murders their mother


n.
The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.

n.
One who murders one's own mother.


Matricide

Mat"ri*cide , n. [L. matricidium; mater mother + coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See Mother, and cf. Homicide.] 1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter. 2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's own mother.

The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.

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If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

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