bullycide

noun

bullycide

noun

UK /ˈbʊ.li.saɪd/

Etymology Blend of bully + suicide.

1

A suicide resulting from depression caused by bullying, especially among children.

  • Our research reveals that each year in the UK at least sixteen children commit bullycide...2003, Gail Pursell Elliott, School mobbing and emotional abuse:
  • Jared's loss by bullycide on September 29, 1998, filled our lives with grief...2007, Tamra B Orr, Sandra Giddens, Linda Bickerstaff, Suicide:

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