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pseudocide

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/
  • General-American: /ˈs(j)uːdoʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/
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noun

Meaning 1

A death, or suicide attempt, that is faked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 2005, Philip M. McCarthy, An Assessment of the Range and Usefulness of Lexical Diversity Measures and the Potential of the Measure of Textual, Lexical Diversity (MTLD), PhD dissertation, The University of Memphis. Osgood examined suicide notes and compared them to pseudocide notes predicting that greater motivational levels would lead to more frequent use of high frequency words.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: parasuicide, pseuicide

History

Etymology

Blend of pseudo- + suicide.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: pseudocide — Translations
  • Japanese: 狂言自殺 (kyōgen jisatsu) — Translations
  • Portuguese: pseudocídio — Translations