selficide
selficide noun: accidental death that occurs while trying to take a selfie in a dangerous environment.
Noun (1)
selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)
- Accidental death that occurs while trying to take a selfie in a dangerous environment.
- Drowning, being hit by a vehicle[, and] suffering a fall [are] the most common causes of ‘selficide’.2018 September 28, Jasper Hamill, “Scientists call for ‘no selfie’ zones to stop narcissists dying in ‘selficides’”, in Metro
- A recent study documented 259 deaths worldwide caused by people taking selfies – dubbed “selficides” by the researchers – between October 2011 and November 2017.2018 November 3, Erin McCormick, Michael Safi, “'Is our life just worth a photo?': the tragic death of a couple in Yosemite”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- killfie
Noun (2)
selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)
- The metaphorical killing of the self.
- Even Dostoevsky's supposedly Christlike character Prince Myshkin ends in a suicide, or more literally, "selficide," […]1974, Maurice S. Friedman, The Hidden Human Image
- This "rigor mortis" is selficide. The person literally "lives out" his life, with little difference in his experience when he is five, sixteen, forty, or seventy years old. Self never emerges.1992, Thomas Patrick Malone, The Windows of Experience: Moving Beyond Recovery to Wholeness
Examples of selficide in a sentence
- Selficides were already in the news last weekend, when it was revealed that an Indian couple who fell to their death at Yosemite National Park had alcohol in their system.2019 January 23, Paula Froelich, “Selficide: The Dangerous New Addiction”, in Newsweek:
- On one level, selficide is the failure to learn and grow from life's experiences.2014, Ken Chapman, The Leader’s Code, page 17:
Synonyms of selficide
Forms of selficide
| plural | selficides |
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Origin of selficide
From selfie + -cide.
From self + -icide.
Questions about selficide
- What does selficide mean?
- Selficide means accidental death that occurs while trying to take a selfie in a dangerous environment.
- How do you use selficide in a sentence?
- Selficides were already in the news last weekend, when it was revealed that an Indian couple who fell to their death at Yosemite National Park had alcohol in their system.
- What part of speech is selficide?
- Selficide is a noun.
- What is the plural of selficide?
- The plural of selficide is selficides.
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