Definition of "patricidal" [pat•ri•ci•dal]

• Of or pertaining to patricide. (adjective)

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• "If Mr. Masson thinks my use of "patricidal" amounts to "using psychoanalytic interpretations as covers for insults," that is his problem, not mine."
• "I used "patricidal" to refer to Anna Freud's reaction to Masson's interpretation of her father's work."
• "Quite apart from the silliness of calling an edition "patricidal," isn't it time that we stopped using psychoanalytic interpretations as covers for insults?"