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parasuicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-sui-cide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supposed suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

parasuicides (plural)

Derived Forms

parasuicidal

Questions

What does parasuicide mean?
A supposed suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed.
Where does parasuicide come from?
From para- (“resembling”) + suicide. Coined by American author Norman Krietman in 1977.

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