suicidalityn.
/ˌsuːᵻsʌɪˈdalᵻti/, /ˌsjuːᵻsʌɪˈdalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsuəˌsaɪˈdælədi/ Psychology and Psychiatry.
The fact or condition of being suicidal; inclination towards suicide.
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suicidality1963
1963 A. G. Devries Methodol. Probl. Identification Suicidal Behavior by Means of Two Personality Inventories (Ph.D. diss., Univ. Southern Calif.) vi. 127 Suicidality, education, occupation, marital status, age, and number of V.A.H. [= Veteran Administration Hospital] admissions all affect MMPI [= Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory] responses far above chance occurrences.
1967 Bull. Suicidology Dec. 19/2 I do not find it profitable here to argue a case for the ‘suicidality’ of this young man.
1974 Jrnl. Consulting & Clin. Psychol. 42 102/2 No significant relationship was found between alcohol use and suicidality or depression.
2007 E. Habermeyer et al. in A. Felthous & H. Sass Internat. Handbk. Psychopathic Disorders & Law II. iii. 48 Suicidality is typical of..hypochondriac depression and depression with delusions and/or hallucinations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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