suicide baiting

English

Noun

suicide baiting (uncountable)

1. Malicious encouragement of suicide.
   • 1985, Joseph P Forgas, Interpersonal Behaviour:

     The suicide-baiting described by Mann is a relevant example. In certain circumstances, interacting with a group can lead to more extreme opinions […]

   • 1994, Dean Keith Simonton, Greatness:

     At other times the crowd below behaves more outrageously: The bystanders engage in "suicide baiting." They jeer and dare away at the wretch.

   • 2006, Micki Krause, Harold F Tipton, Information Security Management Handbook:

     Another extreme example of diffusion of responsibility is suicide-baiting, when an individual in a group yells "jump" while observing a person on the ledge […]

Related terms

• suibait