autokabalesis
English
editEtymology
editIntentionally truncated form of *autokataballesis from auto- + Ancient Greek καταβάλλω (katabállō) + -esis, in the sense of "act of throwing oneself down".[1]
Noun
editautokabalesis (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) Jumping from a significant height to the ground as an act of suicide or due to psychiatric disorder.
References
edit- ^ 1979, Andrew Sims and Kenneth O'Brien, “Autokabalesis: An Account of Mentally Ill People Who Jump from Buildings”, in Medicine, Science and the Law, volume 19, number 3, page 1: