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parasuicide

noun

Etymology

From para- (“resembling”) + suicide. Coined by American author Norman Krietman in 1977.

Definitions

  1. A supposed suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed.

    • This phenomenon, known as parasuicide, is at least 10 times more common than suicide; however, the exact prevalence of such acts is unknown.
    • Health staff have shown negative attitudes to parasuicide patients.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for parasuicide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA