bullycide

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English

Etymology

Blend of bully and suicide

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/

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Noun

bullycide (plural bullycides)

1. A suicide caused as the result of depression from bullying, especially children.
   • 2003, Gail Pursell Elliott, School mobbing and emotional abuse

     Our research reveals that each year in the UK at least sixteen children commit bullycide...

   • 2007, Tamra B Orr, Sandra Giddens, Linda Bickerstaff, Suicide

     Jared's loss by bullycide on September 29, 1998, filled our lives with grief...

Translations

a suicide

Japanese: いじめ自殺 (ijime-jisatsu)