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suicidal ideation

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A feeling, thought or contemplation of, a preoccupation with or a general desire for one's own suicide, or the idea of ceasing to exist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 自殺意念 /自杀意念 (zìshā yìniàn) — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Dutch: suïcidale ideatie — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Dutch: zelfmoordgedachten — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Finnish: itsemurha-ajatus — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • German: Selbstmordverherrlichung — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • German: Selbstmordgedanke — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Japanese: 希死念慮 (kishinenryo) — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Polish: myśli o samobójstwie — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Russian: суицида́льная идеа́ция (suicidálʹnaja ideácija) — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Russian: суицида́льные мысли (suicidálʹnyje mysli) — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Spanish: ideación suicida — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Swedish: självmordstanke — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Vietnamese: ý tưởng tự tử — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist
  • Vietnamese: ý nghĩ tự sát — contemplation of suicide or ceasing to exist