bullycide
English
Etymology
Blend of bully + suicide
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/
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Noun
bullycide (plural bullycides)
- A suicide resulting from depression caused by bullying, especially among 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...
- 2003, Gail Pursell Elliott, School mobbing and emotional abuse
Translations
a suicide
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