Cybersuicide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Suicide assisted by computer technology, such as suicide committed by several people simultaneously after meeting on the Internet. countable, uncountable

    "Reports such as these have underscored public health concerns about a cybersuicide epidemic […]"

  2. 2
    The deliberate destruction of one's own online persona. countable, uncountable

    "Self-constructed personae online (unlike the offline variety) can be abandoned or re-created at will; cybersuicide may simply provide the clearest path to a fresh start."

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"Reports such as these have underscored public health concerns about a cybersuicide epidemic […]"

Etymology

From cyber- + suicide.

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