filial
pronunciation
How to pronounce filial in British English:
UK [ˈfɪliəl]
How to pronounce filial in American English:
US [ˈfɪliəl]
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- Adjective:
- designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
Word Origin
- filial
- filial: see female
- filial (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin filialis "of a son or daughter," from Latin filius "son," filia "daughter," possibly from a suffixed form of PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be), though *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle" (see fecund) "is more likely" [Watkins].
Example
- 1. Miss park , a filial daughter , has had to apologise for abuses under her father 's rule .
- 2. To them the welfare state was a western aberration that would serve only to undermine thrift , industry and filial duty .
- 3. The past four prime ministers hailed from wealthy political dynasties , among which the premiership was almost a filial rite of passage .
- 4. Since the king looked upon his subjects as his own children , the demand of the colonists to separate from britain struck him as the worst kind of filial ingratitude .
- 5. The recent riots across britain , whose origins many believe lie in an absence of either parental guidance or filial respect , seem to underline a profound difference between east and west .