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pseudocide

UK/ˈs(j)uːdəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d//ˈs(j)uːdoʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/

pseudocide noun: a death, or suicide attempt, that is faked.

Noun

pseudocide (countable and uncountable, plural pseudocides)

  1. A death, or suicide attempt, that is faked.
    • Secondly, the contention that suicide attempts are self-therapy is clarified by introducing the concept pseudocide, with no implication that pseudocides eventually lead to suicides.1972 March, Robert L. Hamblin, R. Brooke Jacobsen, “Suicide and Pseudocide: A Reanalysis of Maris’s Data”, in Journal of Health and Social Behavior, volume 13, number 1, page 99
    • Some suspect Lord Lucan of pseudocide after he vanished in 1974 on the night of a murder in the Lucan household. His family, though, are convinced the peer killed himself for real.2000 February 14, “Pseudocide: Doing a Reggie Perrin”, BBC News

Forms of pseudocide

pluralpseudocides

Origin of pseudocide

Blend of pseudo- + suicide.

Questions about pseudocide

What does pseudocide mean?
Pseudocide means a death, or suicide attempt, that is faked.
What part of speech is pseudocide?
Pseudocide is a noun.
How do you pronounce pseudocide?
Pseudocide is pronounced /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/ (UK).
What is the plural of pseudocide?
The plural of pseudocide is pseudocides.

Words near pseudocide in the dictionary

  1. pseudochromosomes
  2. pseudochyle
  3. pseudochylothoraces
  4. pseudochylothorax
  5. pseudocidal
  6. pseudocide
  7. pseudocides
  8. pseudocilia
  9. pseudocilium
  10. pseudocircle
  11. pseudocircles

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