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celebricide

noun

Etymology

From celebri(ty) + -cide.

  1. derived from celēbritās
  2. derived from celebrite
  3. inherited from celebritē
  4. suffixed as celebricide — “celebrity + cide”

Definitions

  1. The killing of a celebrity.

    • Mark David Chapman's celebricide of John Lennon and John Hinckley, Jr.'s attempted assassination of President Reagan were neither politically motivated acts of terror nor psychologically motivated […].
    • “This started with O.J.,” he declares. […] Not only were we sanctioning celebricide, but we were watching it as a daily ritual.

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