"selficide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: selficides [plural]
Etymology: From selfie + -cide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|selfie|cide}} selfie + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)
  1. (informal) Accidental death that occurs while trying to take a selfie in a dangerous environment. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: killfie Translations (death by selfie): Selfizid [masculine] (German), σελφοκτονία (selfoktonía) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-selficide-en-noun-vzduzDGg Disambiguation of Death: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide, English terms suffixed with -icide, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -icide: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: selficides [plural]
Etymology: From self + -icide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|self|icide}} self + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} selficide (countable and uncountable, plural selficides)
  1. The metaphorical killing of the self. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-selficide-en-noun-soZZ8bVB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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