suicidism

From suicide +‎ -ism.

Sense 2 was coined by Canadian academic Alexandre Baril in the paper "Suicidism: A new theoretical framework to conceptualize suicide from an anti-oppressive perspective" (2021) and expanded in "Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide" (2023).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪ.dɪ.zəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɪˌsaɪ.dɪ.zəm/
• Rhymes: -uːɪsaɪdɪzəm
• Hyphenation: su‧i‧cid‧ism

suicidism (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being suicidal.

   Synonyms: suicidality, suicidalness

3. (neologism) Discrimination and oppression against suicidal people. [from 2021]

   Hypernyms: ableism, sanism; see also Thesaurus:prejudice

• “suicidism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.