Question

A man can be sentenced to death for killing another human being.
Choose the word which can be substituted for the words in the sentence.
A) Fratricide
B) Regicide
C) Homicide
D) Genocide

Answer 1

Hint: A synonym is a term, morpheme, or phrase with the same or nearly the same meaning in the same language as another word, morpheme, or phrase. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms.

Complete answer:
Homicide is defined as the assassination of one person by another.

Let us look at the given options:
A) Fratricide: This option is incorrect because it does not mean the same as the given sentence, so they are not synonyms. The murdering of one's brother or sister is known as fratricide.
B) Regicide: This option is incorrect because it does not mean the same as the given sentence, so they are not synonyms. The act of assassinating a king is known as a regicide.
C) Homicide: This is the correct answer. Homicide is said to be derived from Latin, where "homo" means man and "cida" means to murder. As a result, murder refers to the killing of a guy by another male.
D) Genocide: This option is incorrect because it does not mean the same as the given sentence, so they are not synonyms. Genocide is defined as the intentional killing of a significant number of individuals from a certain nation or ethnic group with the intent of eliminating that nation or ethnic group.

Thus, the correct answer is option C) Homicide.

Note: Substitution is the most fundamental test for synonymy: one form may be replaced by another without affecting the meaning of a phrase. When an author utilises synonyms instead of repeating the same word in close proximity, it is said to have elegant diversity. Synonyms with the same meaning have the same seme or denotational sememe, but those with inexactly similar meanings have a greater denotational or connotational sememe, resulting in semantic overlap.