suicidologyn.
/ˌsuːᵻsʌɪˈdɒlədʒi/, /ˌs(j)uːᵻsʌɪˈdɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌsuəˌsaɪˈdɑlədʒi/ The study of suicide and its prevention.
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suicidology1964
1964 E. S. Shneidman in Contemp. Psychol. 9 371/2 I thank Louis Dublin, the Grand Old Man of Suicidology, for this book because in it he..has given us all new clues to suicide.
1969 Nature 4 Oct. 12/2 The Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with the National Institutes of Mental Health has established a course in ‘suicidology’.
2006 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 38 466 This book is an important and valuable contribution to the field of suicidology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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