I used "patricidal" to refer to Anna Freud's reaction to Masson's interpretation of her father's work. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs to Freud] Reference
If Mr. Masson thinks my use of "patricidal" amounts to "using psychoanalytic interpretations as covers for insults," that is his problem, not mine. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs to Freud] Reference
Quite apart from the silliness of calling an edition "patricidal," isn't it time that we stopped using psychoanalytic interpretations as covers for insults?. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs to Freud] Reference
Or of an operation to extract the patricidal section of his brain?. From Wordnik.com. [Kalooki Nights] Reference
Either there's an underreported patricidal ninja epidemic, or the nation's panhandlers are cribbing Overheard in New York. From Wordnik.com. [Time Out of Mind] Reference
Recalled Beatty, “In some patricidal attempt to stand up to the great Kazan, I arrogantly and stupidly challenged him on it.”. From Wordnik.com. [STAR] Reference
Beatty was himself enough of a child of the Freudian 1950s to refer repeatedly to his “patricidal” posture toward his older mentors, as he did with Kazan. From Wordnik.com. [STAR] Reference
In his brilliant analysis of Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, Carl E. Schorske uncovered a patricidal and deeply anti-political impulse at the very origin of psychoanalysis. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Oedipus and Ante Bellum] Reference
Low clouds the color of lead had hung over Royal Fenguard for the past four days, pissing oddly warm rain as though the Sky Father himself were registering his contempt for the patricidal new Conjure-King. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
This missed encounter might be thought of as a failure of Oedipus to meet up with Laius at the place where three roads meet, since the relation between cultural studies and philosophy is sometimes patricidal. From Wordnik.com. [Article Abstracts] Reference
Smallville, became a patricidal victim two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [TheaterMania.com] Reference
Frank Castle becomes the target for Barracuda's patricidal feelings. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
33 “In some patricidal attempt”: Holly Millea, “The Revolutionary,” Premiere. From Wordnik.com. [STAR] Reference
Let's not fall into this media trap of trying to blame Gyanendra or Paras - they maybe idiots but Dipendra was a patricidal maniac. From Wordnik.com. [United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal] Reference
The States General, indignant at this patricidal conduct, applied to France for aid, according to the stipulations of the treaty concluded with her in '85. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography] Reference
The States General, indignant at this patricidal conduct, applied to France for aid, according to the stipulations of the treaty, concluded with her in '85. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1] Reference
Pause and reflect before your country, or at least her principles, perish, not by the foe, who is now thundering at her gates, but by your own patricidal hands!. From Wordnik.com. [Conscription of Teachers. 12 p.] Reference
Ai simpafize wif patricidal urjes – ai gets em all teh time re mai mudder. alzheimers is such fun. From Wordnik.com. [Concerned - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
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