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词汇 sororicide
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Definition of sororicide in English:

sororicide

noun səˈrɒrɪsʌɪd
mass noun
  • 1The killing of one's sister.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • "She makes me so angry," said the victim of an attempted sororicide.
    • While it may be tempting to blame these killings on some extreme form of sibling rivalry, most cases of fratricide or sororicide defy such a simplistic explanation.
    • The most serious form of sibling abuse is fratricide and sororicide.
    • Freud seems to have been deaf to the importance in myth of both sororicide and fratricide.
    • Alonso eloquently regrets the sororicide and uxoricide he committed before he is beheaded.
    Synonyms
    killing, homicide, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre
    1. 1.1count noun A person who kills their sister.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My error was demonstrated to me in black and white: the sororicide had to be acquitted.
      • The King is at first inclined to agree with this principle and to mete out to the sororicide the punishment he deserves.
      • Anna is barely sane; and Helen is a sororicide.
      • Roman historians tend to present the sororicide in a positive light, stressing Horatia's father's public vindication of his son.
      • Intending sororicides will do well to get this formula fastened in their memories.

Origin

Mid 17th century (denoting a person who kills their sister, derived from Latin sororicida): the primary current sense comes from late Latin sororicidium, from soror 'sister' + -cidium (see -cide).

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