(n.) The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
(n.) One who murders one's own mother.
Example Sentences:
(1) The matricidal group differed from the control group in the way they viewed the difference between mother and father on various scales, like over-involved, tolerant, affectionate and performance-orientated.
(2) In the days before the murder he sought out information about the Ku Klux Klan, the Waffen SS, Israel, serial killers and matricide.
(3) Thirteen out of sixteen cases described their mothers as quite domineering and demanding but the EMBU inventory revealed that the Matricidal group differed from the Control group in how tolerant they saw their parents.
(4) It is suggested that these features are of greater significance in matricide than the specific form of psychiatric disorder.
(5) The matricidal groups' mothers were found to be more over-involved, tolerant, affectionate, and fathers more abusive.
(6) The authors studied 15 men who committed matricide.
(7) Compared with filicides, matricides were significantly older, were single, and more often suffered from mental illness and substance abuse.
(8) Seventeen female parricides (14 matricides, 3 patricides) were identified: in a remand prison (11), a Special Hospital (5), and a Regional Secure Unit (1).
(9) Abdulrahman said he thought he had heard of an Isis fighter who had killed his father, but this was the first matricide he was aware of.
(10) Regardless of psychiatric diagnosis, matricides were mostly single, socially isolated women in mid-life, living alone with a domineering mother in a mutually dependent but hostile relationship.
(11) Similar characteristics are found in male matricides, who are predominantly schizophrenic.
(12) The authors studied sixteen men who committed matricide.
(13) The authors conclude that the matricidal impulse evolves through successive stages of psychological development; therefore, the motives for matricide are varied and correlate with the level of psychological development or regression.
(14) During one year's stay in the child psychiatric department after the homicide the boy was psychotic, probably suffering from a schizophrenic disorder which is presumed to have developed in the years preceding the matricide.
(15) The authors studied 10 men charged with patricide, including 2 men charged with both patricide and matricide and compared them with 10 schizophrenic patients who did not commit any crime.
Uxoricide
Definition:
(n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
(n.) One who murders his wife.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such events are carefully orchestrated, evoking the history of the institution she represents, so it is unfortunate that her stroll will begin at the Henry VIII gate, named after a notorious uxoricide and probable psychopath.