How to Pronounce "social death"
expression
ˈsoʊʃəɫ/ /ˈdɛθ
SOH-shuhl DETH
sˈəʊʃəl/ /dˈɛθ
SOH-shuhl DETH
Definition
A situation where a person is excluded or disconnected from society, treated as if they do not belong or do not exist socially. It often refers to feeling invisible, ignored, or rejected by others.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈsoʊʃəɫ/ /ˈdɛθ
British English
sˈəʊʃəl/ /dˈɛθ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SOH-shuhl DETH
UK
SOH-shuhl DETH
Listen in Context
After she was bullied, she felt a kind of social death at school.
Being ignored by all your friends can feel like social death.
Some people worry that moving to a new city will bring social death.
For many, being cut off from social media is the new form of social death.