suicide pact
A "suicide pact" is an agreement between individuals to end their lives together, often driven by shared motives or emotional bonds.
Definition
C1Psychology
(formal, clinical)An agreement between two or more people to end their lives together, often at the same time and place.
Example
- The couple entered into a suicide pact, planning to end their lives together.
C1Sociology
(informal, social)A mutual decision among individuals to commit suicide together, usually based on a shared emotional or psychological connection.
Example
- The friends, feeling hopeless, made a suicide pact to escape their troubles.
C2Politics
(formal, metaphorical)An arrangement or system of rules that severely limits the ability to address critical issues.
Example
- The coalition government’s agreement was criticized as a political suicide pact, preventing effective governance.
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