Papageno effect

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

Papageno effect (plural Papageno effects)

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

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