Meanings
plural suicidalities
- uncountableThe tendency of a person to commit suicide.
In contrast, for individuals with an interpsychic focus, suicidality is often related to interpersonal struggles[…]
2009, Ellen T. Kahn-Greene, Chronic vs. acute suicidal risk, page 19 - countableA fatality that is an instance of suicide.
1 more example
The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.
2019 October 28, Wan-jun Guo, Yu-jie Tao, Xiao-jing Li, Xia Lin, Ya-jing Meng, Xia Yang, et al., “Internet addiction severity and risk for psychopathology, serious mental illness, and suicidalities: a cross-sectional study”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32424-9/fulltext), volume 394
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Englishsuicide
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishsuicidal
- Englishsuicidality
Translations
Finnish itsetuhoisuus
- itsetuhoisuustendency to commit suicide
French suicidalité
- suicidalitétendency to commit suicide
German Suizidalität, Selbstmordneigung
- Suizidalitättendency to commit suicide
- Selbstmordneigungtendency to commit suicide
- Selbstmordtendenztendency to commit suicide
Cite this entry
suicidality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidality
“suicidality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidality. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suicidality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicidality.
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