Phrase guide

assisted suicide

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A suicide with the assistance of another individual; especially the suicide of a terminally ill person with the assistance of a physician.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation

Narrower terms: physician-assisted suicide

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: suïcidi assistit — suicide with the help of another person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輔助自殺 /辅助自杀 (fǔzhù zìshā) — suicide with the help of another person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 協助自殺 /协助自杀 (xiézhù zìshā) — suicide with the help of another person
  • Danish: assisteret selvmord — suicide with the help of another person
  • Finnish: avustettu itsemurha — suicide with the help of another person
  • French: suicide assisté — suicide with the help of another person
  • German: assistierter Suizid — suicide with the help of another person
  • Greek: υποβοηθούμενη αυτοκτονία (ypovoïthoúmeni aftoktonía) — suicide with the help of another person
  • Italian: suicidio assistito — suicide with the help of another person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: assistert selvmord — suicide with the help of another person
  • Polish: samobójstwo wspomagane — suicide with the help of another person
  • Portuguese: suicídio assistido — suicide with the help of another person
  • Spanish: suicidio asistido — suicide with the help of another person