Celebricide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a celebrity. countable, uncountable

    "Mark David Chapman's celebricide of John Lennon and John Hinckley, Jr.'s attempted assassination of President Reagan were neither politically motivated acts of terror nor psychologically motivated […]."

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"Mark David Chapman's celebricide of John Lennon and John Hinckley, Jr.'s attempted assassination of President Reagan were neither politically motivated acts of terror nor psychologically motivated […]."

Etymology

From celebri(ty) + -cide.

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