Meanings
nounsuicidal empathy (uncountable)
- uncountableThe exhibiting of empathy for others at great harm to oneself.
“We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.
2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025
Origin
Coined by Canadian scholar Gad Saad.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian суицида́льная эмпа́тия
- суицида́льная эмпа́тия (suicidálʹnaja empátija)empathy for others as self-harming
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APA
suicidal empathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidal%20empathy
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“suicidal empathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidal%20empathy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suicidal empathy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidal%20empathy.
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