English Explanatory Dictionary

Papageno effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.

Word forms

Papageno effect Papageno effects

Etymology

Named after a lovelorn character, Papageno, from the 18th-century opera The Magic Flute, who contemplates suicide until other characters suggest alternative resolutions.

Related words

Werther effect
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