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Papageno effect

Papageno effect noun: the effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.

Noun

Papageno effect (plural Papageno effects)

  1. The effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.

Forms of Papageno effect

pluralPapageno effects

Origin of Papageno effect

Named after a lovelorn character, Papageno, from the 18th-century opera The Magic Flute, who contemplates suicide until other characters suggest alternative resolutions.

Questions about Papageno effect

What does Papageno effect mean?
Papageno effect means the effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.
What part of speech is Papageno effect?
Papageno effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Papageno effect?
The plural of Papageno effect is Papageno effects.

Words near Papageno effect in the dictionary

  1. papads
  2. papadum
  3. papadums
  4. Papafio
  5. Papafios
  6. Papageno effect
  7. Papageno effects
  8. Papageorge
  9. Papageorges
  10. Papago
  11. papagoite

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