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matricide

act of killing one's mother
Event type_of_homicide Q1136456
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matricide

Summary

matricide is a type of homicide[1]. matricide has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • matricide's instance of is recorded as type of homicide[3].
  • matricide is a type of parenticide[4].
  • matricide is a type of parricide[5].
  • matricide is a type of parental death[6].
  • matricide is a type of femicide[7].
  • matricide is the opposite of patricide[8].
  • matricide's target is recorded as mother[9].
  • matricide's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matricides[10].
  • matricide's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11].
  • matricide's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].

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Context

matricide's instance of is recorded as type of homicide[3].

Why It Matters

matricide has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] matricide is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Matricides
    Instance of → type of homicide
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q51159758]]"
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