presuicide

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adjective

Occurring before suicide.

OriginEnglish suicide ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepresuicide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring before suicide.

    ...many years would have to elapse before a sufficient number of cases with presuicide data could be collected.

    1954, American Psychological Association, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
    1 more example

    A horrifying recollection is the woman with breast cancer who conducted a public presuicide party on a recent public television program...

    1995, Richard G Druss, The Psychology of Illness

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishsuicide
  10. Englishpresuicide

From pre- + suicide.

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APA

presuicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuicide

MLA

“presuicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuicide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presuicide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presuicide.

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