Homicide is the killing of another, fratricide is the killing of your brother, infanticide is the killing of a baby, uxoricide is the killing of your wife... Is there a list out there of the -icides? Any is it ever called anything else when you kill yourself than suicide? Not necessarily for someone who OD’s or whatever out of depression, but perhaps instances of seppuku or protest. Is that still called “suidide” or is there another -icide to describe that sort of self-killing?
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Thanks, all. Thanks for the list, Clarebear!! Don't worry, I have no practical use for my question, I just got to thinking about it and wondered if there was a word.
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