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suicidal empathy

suicidal empathy noun: the exhibiting of empathy for others at great harm to oneself.

Noun

suicidal empathy (uncountable)

  1. The exhibiting of empathy for others at great harm to oneself.
    • “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025

Origin of suicidal empathy

Coined by Canadian scholar Gad Saad.

Questions about suicidal empathy

What does suicidal empathy mean?
Suicidal empathy means the exhibiting of empathy for others at great harm to oneself.
What part of speech is suicidal empathy?
Suicidal empathy is a noun.

Words near suicidal empathy in the dictionary

  1. suibaiting
  2. suibaits
  3. Suibin
  4. Suichow
  5. suicidal
  6. suicidal empathy
  7. suicidal ideation
  8. suicidal ideations
  9. suicidalism
  10. suicidalist
  11. suicidalities

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