Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clinicidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clin-i-ci-dal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, clinicide.

Example Sentences

"Many clinicidal doctors have extreme narcissistic personalities, a grandiose view of their own capability and inability to accept that they could be criticized or need assistance from other doctors."
"On the other hand, some clinicidal doctors seem to have extreme narcissistic personalities—the full-blown “God complex”—that leads them to believe that they have the right to decide whether someone lives or dies."
"A clinicidal GP need travel only a short distance to find vulnerable victims; with a list of registered patients from which to select, and multiple excuses for scheduled (and unscheduled) encounters behind closed doors, the clinicidal GP in the NHS is in an advantageous occupational position."

Etymology

From clinicide + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: clinicide

Inflected Forms

more clinicidal (comparative) most clinicidal (superlative)

Questions

What does clinicidal mean?: Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, clinicide.
Where does clinicidal come from?: From clinicide + -al.

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