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Werther effects

Werther effects is the plural of Werther effect.

Meaning of Werther effect

Noun

Werther effect (plural Werther effects)

  1. The situation where a widely publicized suicide leads to a number of copycat suicides.

Questions about Werther effects

What is Werther effects the plural of?
Werther effects is the plural of Werther effect.

Words near Werther effects in the dictionary

  1. Wertheimer
  2. Wertheimers
  3. Wertheims
  4. Werther
  5. Werther effect
  6. Werther effects
  7. Wertherian
  8. Wertherism
  9. Werthimer
  10. Werths
  11. Wertman

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