pseudocide

American  

[soo-duh-sahyd] / ˈsu dəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. faked death.

   The staged evidence for his pseudocide included a message of apologetic hopelessness and an abandoned sailboat adrift at sea.

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Etymology

Origin of pseudocide

First recorded in 1955–60; pseudo- ( def. ) + -cide ( def. )

Example Sentences

Eventually, though, she decides that the “hubris” required to concoct a pseudocide is at odds with the “humility” needed to really pull it off.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2016

Both of them insist that ghosting rather than faking your death is the way to ditch your old life and responsibilities; death fraud, or pseudocide, is too difficult and too easy to botch.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2016