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suicide baiting en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Malicious encouragement of suicide.
   • The suicide-baiting described by Mann is a relevant example. In certain circumstances, interacting with a group can lead to more extreme opinions […] 1985, Joseph P Forgas, Interpersonal Behaviour:
   • At other times the crowd below behaves more outrageously: The bystanders engage in "suicide baiting." They jeer and dare away at the wretch. 1994, Dean Keith Simonton, Greatness:
   • Another extreme example of diffusion of responsibility is suicide-baiting, when an individual in a group yells "jump" while observing a person on the ledge […] 2006, Micki Krause, Harold F Tipton, Information Security Management Handbook:

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