self-killer

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English

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Etymology

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From self- +‎ killer or self-kill +‎ -er.

Noun

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self-killer (plural self-killers)

  1. One who kills oneself; a suicide.
    • 2002, Thomas Szasz, Fatal Freedom, page 43:
      The idea of excusing the self-killer by attributing to him the fictitious malady called "insanity" was invented as a tactic for the merciful treatment of his survivors.

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