Filicide (Noun)
Meaning 1
The murder of your own son or daughter.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The psychologist struggled to understand the motivations behind the filicide that had shaken the small community to its core.
- In a shocking turn of events, the mother was arrested and charged with filicide after the bodies of her two children were discovered in the family home.
- The ancient Greeks told the story of Medea, a woman driven to filicide by her husband's infidelity and betrayal.
- Filicide is a rare but devastating crime that can have a profound impact on families and communities.
- The court heard that the father had a history of mental illness, but nothing could have prepared them for the filicide that would ultimately claim the life of his young daughter.