self-killer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From self- + killer or self-kill + -er.
Noun[edit]
self-killer (plural self-killers)
- One who kills oneself; a suicide.
- 2002, Thomas Szasz, Fatal Freedom, page 43:
- The idea of excusing the self-killer by attributing to him the fictitious malady called "insanity" was invented as a tactic for the merciful treatment of his survivors.
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References[edit]
- “self-killer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.