Meanings
nounassisted suicide (countable and uncountable, plural assisted suicides)
plural assisted suicides
- countableuncountableA suicide with the assistance of another individual; especially the suicide of a terminally ill person with the assistance of a physician.
It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.
2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic
Translations
Catalan suïcidi assistit
- suïcidi assistitsuicide with the help of another person
Chinese Mandarin 輔助自殺 /辅助自杀, 協助自殺 /协助自杀
- 輔助自殺 /辅助自杀 (fǔzhù zìshā)suicide with the help of another person
- 協助自殺 /协助自杀 (xiézhù zìshā)suicide with the help of another person
Danish assisteret selvmord
- assisteret selvmordsuicide with the help of another person
Finnish avustettu itsemurha
- avustettu itsemurhasuicide with the help of another person
French suicide assisté
- suicide assistésuicide with the help of another person
German assistierter Suizid
- assistierter Suizidsuicide with the help of another person
Greek υποβοηθούμενη αυτοκτονία
- υποβοηθούμενη αυτοκτονία (ypovoïthoúmeni aftoktonía)suicide with the help of another person
Italian suicidio assistito
- suicidio assistitosuicide with the help of another person
Norwegian Bokmål assistert selvmord
- assistert selvmordsuicide with the help of another person
Polish samobójstwo wspomagane
- samobójstwo wspomaganesuicide with the help of another person
Portuguese suicídio assistido
- suicídio assistidosuicide with the help of another person
Spanish suicidio asistido
- suicidio asistidosuicide with the help of another person
Cite this entry
APA
assisted suicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20suicide
MLA
“assisted suicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20suicide. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assisted suicide,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20suicide.
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