bullycide

English

Etymology

Blend of bully +‎ suicide

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/

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Noun

bullycide (countable and uncountable, plural bullycides)

1. 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...

Translations

a suicide

• Japanese: いじめ自殺 (ijime-jisatsu)