"suicism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin suus (“one's own”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|la:suus<t:one's own>|-ism}} Latin suus (“one's own”) + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} suicism (uncountable), {{tlb|en|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. Selfishness; egoism. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-suicism-en-noun-A1obpSf~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 45 55 Synonyms: egocentricity, me-firstism, self-centeredness, egoism, egomism [obsolete], egocentricity, hoggery, interestedness, me-firstism, philauty [obsolete], porkishness, selfhood, selfishness, self-absorption, self-centeredness, self-interestedness, self-obsession, self-servingness, solipsism, suicism [obsolete]
  2. Suicide. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-suicism-en-noun-T3XrME1U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Suicide Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Suicide: 0 100 Synonyms: autohomicide, self-murder, autohomicide [rare], self-blood, self-deletion [Internet, euphemistic], self-killing, self-murder, self-slaughter, self-slaying, sewer slide [euphemistic], sillycide [Internet, euphemistic, humorous], suicism [obsolete]
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