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Why does being accidental in nature make it an ill-fitting term? Suicide is not the only word to use the -cide suffix: genocide, regicide, homicide, uxoricide.
by aeroblop 7y ago
Why does being accidental in nature make it an ill-fitting term? Suicide is not the only word to use the -cide suffix: genocide, regicide, homicide, uxoricide. The -cide suffix regards the act of killing, not of intention or purpose.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoSuicide is defined as intentionally killing oneself.
- jgtrosh 7y agoBut selficide refers to the -cide suffix, not to suicide.
- mirkonasato 7y agoBut then again the "self" prefix means doing it to yourself, as in "self-portrait" (which is where "selfie" comes from): taking a portrait of yourself. So "selficide" would mean killing yourself, i.e. the same thing as suicide.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoNo! It means the selfie killed you? Which would make it correct.