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Meaning of "pseudocide" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PSEUDOCIDE

From pseudo- + -cide.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PSEUDOCIDE

pseudocide  [ˈsjuːdəʊˌsaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSEUDOCIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pseudocide is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSEUDOCIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Faked death

A faked death, also called a pseudocide, is a case in which an individual leaves evidence to suggest that he or she is dead in order to mislead others. This is done for a variety of reasons, such as to fraudulently collect insurance money or to avoid capture by law enforcement for some other crime. People who fake their own deaths sometimes do so by pretend drownings, because it provides a plausible reason for the absence of a body. According to one theory, sometimes credited to an unnamed study, as many as a quarter of suicides from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in which no body was found could have been faked. There are several how-to books on the subject of faking one's death, including Get Lost!, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, How to Create a New Identity, and The Heavy Duty New Identity.

Definition of pseudocide in the English dictionary

The definition of pseudocide in the dictionary is the act of faking one’s own death.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSEUDOCIDE


alongside
əˈlɒŋˌsaɪd
bedside
ˈbɛdˌsaɪd
cerebroside
ˈsɛrɪbrəʊˌsaɪd
countryside
ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd
downside
ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd
ethnocide
ˈɛθnəʊˌsaɪd
ganglioside
ˈɡæŋɡlɪəʊˌsaɪd
genocide
ˈdʒɛnəʊˌsaɪd
glucoside
ˈɡluːkəʊˌsaɪd
glycoside
ˈɡlaɪkəʊˌsaɪd
hillside
ˈhɪlˌsaɪd
homicide
ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd
Humberside
ˈhʌmbəˌsaɪd
Riverside
ˈrɪvəˌsaɪd
roadside
ˈrəʊdˌsaɪd
seaside
ˈsiːˌsaɪd
set-aside
ˈsɛtəˌsaɪd
spermatocide
ˈspɜːmətəʊˌsaɪd
suicide
ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd
upside
ˈʌpˌsaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSEUDOCIDE

pseudo
pseudo-colour
Pseudo-Dionysius
pseudo-intransitive
pseudoacid
pseudoarthroses
pseudoarthrosis
pseudobulb
pseudocarp
pseudocarpous
pseudoclassic
pseudocode
pseudocoel
pseudocoelomate
pseudocopulation
pseudocyeses
pseudocyesis
pseudoephedrine
pseudograph
pseudography

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSEUDOCIDE

acaricide
bactericide
biocide
coincide
decide
deicide
ecocide
foeticide
fungicide
herbicide
infanticide
insecticide
nematocide
pesticide
regicide
rodenticide
silicide
speciocide
spermicide
trypanocide

Synonyms and antonyms of pseudocide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pseudocide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSEUDOCIDE

Find out the translation of pseudocide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pseudocide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pseudocide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假死
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pseudosuicidio
570 millions of speakers

English

pseudocide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pseudocide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pseudocide
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pseudocide
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pseudocide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pseudocide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pseudocide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pseudocide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pseudocide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pseudocide
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pseudocide
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pseudocide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pseudocide
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pseudocide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्यूडोसाइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pseudocide
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pseudocide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pseudocide
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pseudocide
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pseudocide
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pseudocide
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pseudocide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pseudocide
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

pseudocide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pseudocide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEUDOCIDE»

The term «pseudocide» is used very little and occupies the 189.108 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pseudocide
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pseudocide».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEUDOCIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pseudocide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pseudocide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pseudocide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEUDOCIDE»

Discover the use of pseudocide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pseudocide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gospel According to Larry
'Pseudo', false; and 'cide,' to kill = pseudocide. To pretend to kill (yourself). I stare at the word for a good long time. Homicide, suicide, genocide: these are words you can find in the newspaper every day.
Janet Tashjian, 2011
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Cinnamon Twigs: The Life and Pseudocide of a Celebrity
'I can't remember a time when I didn't expect to be famous.' This is the extraordinary story of Daniel Mace, Hollywood star and bestselling author. All he's ever wanted is immortality, the Holy Grail. To be remembered when he dies.
MR Darren Freebury-Jones, 2013
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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Heavy-duty disappearing techniques for those with a need to know. This book tells you how to pull off a disappearance and how to stay free and never be found. It analyzes all the ways you could be found by whoever might be looking for you.
Doug Richmond, 1996
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How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False ...
From the world's preeminent people finder—an insider's guide to disappearing How to Disappear is the authoritative and comprehensive guide for people who seek to protect their privacy as well as for anyone who’s ever entertained the ...
Frank M. Ahearn, Eileen C. Horan, 2010
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How to Hide: A Practical Guide to Vanishing and Taking Your ...
Faking one's death is illegal, and is known as pseudocide. This includes faking any suicide, accident, or murder. Pseudocide is not a good idea under any circumstances. If the fact. WhyYou Should Not Fake Your Own Death Revealing ...
David Wilkening, 2011
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Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately about ...
In real life, people who have faked their own deaths (committed “pseudocide”) have returned voluntarily to visit a sick parent or child, tired of greener pastures, or been located by determined law enforcement or private investigators. People ...
Leslie Budewitz, 2011
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Suicide of a Soul
others, typically to achieve a military or political goal, that foreseeably results in his or her own death as well. Suicide bombings by Islamic extremists have been prominent in the news in recent years. Pseudocide People sometimes fake ...
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November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide
They decided to compare the notes with a control group of simulated suicide notes—“pseudocide notes,” as Shneidman dubbed them— composed by nonsuicidal people. Visiting labor unions and fraternities, they asked members to write the ...
George Howe Colt, 2006
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Proceedings
Life style - the typical pseudocide was remarkably different from the usual suicidal person. The pseudocide was not depressed and and revealed little social withdrawal. Pe did not tend to turn his aggression inwards. On the contrary, the ...
International Association for Suicide Prevention, 1970
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A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards
This would form what is known as either a 'Reggie Perrin' or a 'pseudocide', depending on where you come from. The former refers to the 1970s BBC comedy The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, in which Leonard Rossiter (in the lead role)  ...
Rob Jovanovic, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSEUDOCIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pseudocide is used in the context of the following news items.
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The disappearing woman
In fact, in my research for my book “Playing Dead: The Art and Folly of Pseudocide,” I found that far more men disappear and fake their deaths than women. «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
2
Andy Kaufman: hoax or celebrity pseudocide?
It may be considered as one of the greatest performance pieces of all time. Could it be true that having been dead for 30 years, Andy Kaufman is alive and ... «Daily Review, Sep 14»
3
10 Insane Reasons People Faked Their Death
Besides inspiring a Radiohead song of the same name we're not sure how successful the book was in helping people commit pseudocide, although perhaps the ... «WhatCulture!, Aug 14»
4
Crazy things people do for money
One of the most famous insurance frauds was the act of pseudocide executed by John Darwin, who turned up alive five years after he was thought to have died ... «Free Malaysia Today, Mar 14»
5
Women behaving badly
Elizabeth Greenwood is at work on her first book, Playing Dead: The Art and Folly of Pseudocide, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. The views expressed in ... «Al Jazeera America, Mar 14»
6
Did Christopher Marlowe Fake His Death?
Osmond committed pseudocide in March 1995. He left a note, and witnesses placed him at a bridge 80ft above Wales's River Usk, but a police detective tracked ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
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Paris Jackson Discusses MJ & Grace Rwaramba's Relationship
I wrote about this in "Pseudocide Did Michael Jackson Fake His Death To Save ... So for all those who harassed me about the contents of "Pseudocide", here's ... «YouTube, Jun 13»
8
Thinking of faking your own death? Don't do this
Private investigator Keith Schafferius said 'pseudocide' also happens in Australia. "It's usually the insurance company that will engage my services or other ... «NEWS.com.au, May 13»
9
Is Faking Your Own Death a Crime?
"Pseudocide (faking one's own suicide) isn't inherently a crime," said James Quiggle, director of communications for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud in ... «LiveScience.com, Aug 12»
10
The Second Life of Irmgard Keun
... to spread unchecked or had someone falsely report her death — the precise details of the pseudocide are unknown — and slipped back into Nazi Germany. «The Millions, Jul 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pseudocide [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pseudocide>. Apr 2024 ».
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