bullycide

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UK/ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/

noun

A suicide resulting from depression caused by bullying, especially among children.

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Meanings

nounbullycide (countable and uncountable, plural bullycides)

plural bullycides

  1. countableuncountableA suicide resulting from depression caused by bullying, especially among children.

    Jared's loss by bullycide on September 29, 1998, filled our lives with grief...

    2007, Tamra B Orr, Sandra Giddens, Linda Bickerstaff, Suicide
    1 more example

    Our research reveals that each year in the UK at least sixteen children commit bullycide...

    2003, Gail Pursell Elliott, School mobbing and emotional abuse

Origin

Blend of bully + suicide.

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Translations

Japanese いじめ自殺
  • いじめ自殺 (ijime-jisatsu)a suicide
Cite this entry
APA

bullycide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullycide

MLA

“bullycide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullycide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullycide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullycide.

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