Definitions

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  • noun Suicide assisted by computer technology, such as suicide committed by several people simultaneously after meeting on the Internet.
  • noun The deliberate destruction of one's own online persona.

Etymologies

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cyber- +‎ suicide

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Examples

  • Shocking as it sounds, cybersuicide pacts have become a problem in Japan, where the lure of death is finding company through the computer.

    CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2005 2005

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