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suicide baiting

noun

Definitions

  1. Malicious encouragement of suicide.

    • The suicide-baiting described by Mann is a relevant example. In certain circumstances, interacting with a group can lead to more extreme opinions […]
    • At other times the crowd below behaves more outrageously: The bystanders engage in "suicide baiting." They jeer and dare away at the wretch.
    • Another extreme example of diffusion of responsibility is suicide-baiting, when an individual in a group yells "jump" while observing a person on the ledge […]

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