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suicidology

suicidology noun: the study of the causes and related effects of people intentionally killing themselves.

Noun

suicidology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the causes and related effects of people intentionally killing themselves.

Origin of suicidology

From suicide + -ology.

Words formed from suicidology

Questions about suicidology

What does suicidology mean?
Suicidology means the study of the causes and related effects of people intentionally killing themselves.
What part of speech is suicidology?
Suicidology is a noun.

Words near suicidology in the dictionary

  1. suicidists
  2. suicidogenic
  3. suicidological
  4. suicidologist
  5. suicidologists
  6. suicidology
  7. suicism
  8. suid
  9. Suide
  10. suidian
  11. suidians

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