parasuicide
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
A non-fatal act of self-injury or self-poisoning that resembles suicide but is carried out without a definite fatal intent.
Repeated episodes of parasuicide by superficial cutting reflected her distress rather than a settled wish to die.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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