Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A supposed suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From para- (“resembling”) + suicide. Coined by American author Norman Krietman in 1977.

From para- (“resembling”) + suicide. Coined by American author Norman Krietman in 1977.

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Forms

plural: parasuicides
Singularparasuicide
Pluralparasuicides

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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