Meanings
uxoricide1
uxoricide2
plural uxoricides
- countableuncountableThe murdering of one's own wife.
In order for someone to green-light a movie of this story, they’d need to have at least background knowledge of the sexual shenanigans of Sartre and Beauvoir, and of Althusser’s uxoricide – though not necessarily a close acquaintance with their published work.
2015, Will Self, ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 121 more example
Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).
2014, Albert Lee Strickland, “Familicide”, in Michael John Brennan, editor, The A–Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 205–206
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
uxoricide · noun
- Latinuxor
- Frenchuxoricide
- Englishuxoricide
Borrowed from French uxoricide or Latin uxor + English -icide.
Full word history & related roots →uxoricide · noun
- Latinuxōricīdium
- Frenchuxoricide
- Englishuxoricide
From French uxoricide or Latin uxōricīdium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan uxoricida, uxoricidi
- uxoricidaa man who kills his wife
- uxoricidithe killing of one's wife
Esperanto edzinmurdo
- edzinmurdothe killing of one's wife
Estonian naisetapja, naisetapp
- naisetapjaa man who kills his wife
- naisetappthe killing of one's wife
Finnish vaimonmurha
- vaimonmurhathe killing of one's wife
French uxoricide, uxoricide
- uxoricidea man who kills his wife
- uxoricidethe killing of one's wife
German Gattinnenmörder, Gattinnenmord
- Gattinnenmördera man who kills his wife
- Gattinnenmordthe killing of one's wife
Greek συζυγοκτόνος, συζυγοκτονία
- συζυγοκτόνος (syzygoktónos)a man who kills his wife
- συζυγοκτονία (syzygoktonía)the killing of one's wife
Irish marfóir mná céile
- marfóir mná céilea man who kills his wife
Italian uxoricida, uxoricidio
- uxoricidaa man who kills his wife
- uxoricidiothe killing of one's wife
Polish żonobójca, żonobójstwo
- żonobójcaa man who kills his wife
- żonobójstwothe killing of one's wife
Portuguese uxoricida, uxoricídio
- uxoricidaa man who kills his wife
- uxoricídiothe killing of one's wife
Russian женоуби́йца, женоуби́йство
- женоуби́йца (ženoubíjca)a man who kills his wife
- женоуби́йство (ženoubíjstvo)the killing of one's wife
Spanish uxoricida, uxoricidio
- uxoricidaa man who kills his wife
- uxoricidiothe killing of one's wife
Swedish hustrumördare, hustrumord
- hustrumördarea man who kills his wife
- hustrumordthe killing of one's wife
Cite this entry
uxoricide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uxoricide
“uxoricide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uxoricide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uxoricide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uxoricide.
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