Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cybersuicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-ber-sui-cide
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Suicide assisted by computer technology, such as suicide committed by several people simultaneously after meeting on the Internet.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The deliberate destruction of one's own online persona.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Reports such as these have underscored public health concerns about a cybersuicide epidemic […]"
"There are also very dark chapters that have opened with the disturbing phenomenon of "cybersuicide," in which strangers meet online, form group suicide pacts, and then meet in person to execute their macabre plan together."
"Self-constructed personae online (unlike the offline variety) can be abandoned or re-created at will; cybersuicide may simply provide the clearest path to a fresh start."

Etymology

From cyber- + suicide.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyber

Usage

Inflected Forms

cybersuicides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cybercide

Questions

What does cybersuicide mean?: Suicide assisted by computer technology, such as suicide committed by several people simultaneously after meeting on the Internet.
Where does cybersuicide come from?: From cyber- + suicide.

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