Obs. [In sense 1, app. f. L. suī of oneself + -ISM, with intercalated c; in sense 2, f. SUIC-IDE + -ISM.]
1. = SELFISHNESS.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 363. This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.
2. = SUICIDE sb.2
1751. Earl Orrery, Rem. Swift (1752), 275. Those rash actions, that often end in dreadful murders…, parricide, and suicism [ed. 5. 1752 suicide].
1772. Every Man’s Mag., Jan., 295/1. On Suicism, or Self Murder. Ibid. Allow me to use the word Suicism, for the action of Self-murder; and the word Suicide for the Self-murderer.
1773. C. Fleming, Diss. Self-Murder, Dedic. A remonstrance I had drawn up against suicism.
