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Papageno effect
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English
Etymology
Named after a lovelorn character, Papageno, from the 18th-century opera The Magic Flute, who contemplates suicide until other characters suggest alternative resolutions.
Noun
The effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.
See also
en Werther effect
en eponyms
en Suicide