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selficides

selficides is the plural of selficide.

Meaning of selficide

Noun (1)

selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)

  1. (informal) 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
    Synonyms:
    killfie

Noun (2)

selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)

  1. 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

Questions about selficides

What is selficides the plural of?
Selficides is the plural of selficide.

Words near selficides in the dictionary

  1. selfheals
  2. selfhood
  3. selfhoods
  4. Selfian
  5. selficide
  6. selficides
  7. selfie
  8. selfie camera
  9. selfie cameras
  10. selfie stick
  11. selfie sticks

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