suicide
intentional act of causing one's own death
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Summary
suicide is a manner of death[1]. suicide ranks in the top 5% of manner of death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139,444 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: cause of death[3], topic[4]
- Subclass of: killing[5], autoaggression[6], tragedy[7], death of despair[8]
- Part of: calamity[9]
- Commons category: Suicide[10]
- ICPC 2 ID: P77[11]
- Has cause: human overpopulation[12], stress[13], depression[14], frustration[15], infatuation[16], psychological abuse[17], discrimination[18], guilt[19], regret[20], self-hatred[21], eco-emotions[22], remorse[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Suicide[24]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[25], Pauly–Wissowa[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[29], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[30]
- Topic has template: Template:Suicide navbox[31], Template:Suicide sidebar[32]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/suicide[33], https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/tags/suicide[34], https://law.stackexchange.com/tags/suicide[35], https://medicalsciences.stackexchange.com/tags/suicide[36]
- Number of casualties: 800,000[37]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3394[38]
Body
Influence
Things named for suicide include Suicide Cliff[39], a cliff[40], in United States[41].
Why It Matters
suicide has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] suicide is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for suicide include Suicide Cliff[39], a cliff[40], in United States[41].