Avunculicide is more common in mythology than nepoticide.
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Nepoticide
//nəˈpɒtɪsaɪd//
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Finnish
2 entries- veljenpoikansa surmaaja noun (one who kills his or her own nephew)
- veljenpojan surma noun (killing of one's own nephew)
French
1 entries- népoticide noun (killing of one's own nephew)
Galician
2 entries- nepoticida noun (one who kills his or her own nephew)
- nepoticidio noun (killing of one's own nephew)
Ido
1 entries- nevocido noun (killing of one's own nephew)
Polish
2 entries- morderstwo bratanka noun (killing of one's own nephew)
- morderstwo siostrzeńca noun (killing of one's own nephew)
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The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
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[Charles] Dickens did not get to work out the interplay between these varying guardians and their various wards; and if the murder was to be a nepoticide, it remains forever shrouded by non-completion.
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The idea of parricide should be defined elastically enough not only to include avunculicide but to make it optional whether the youth or his father takes the initiative in expressing the antagonism between them. In the story from New Guinea, there is sexual jealousy between a father and son, and the father eventually kills the son instead of the other way around. In the Trukese story, we have an attempt at nepoticide, for the uncle tries to kill his nephew.
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