Le Suicide
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Le Suicide is Émile Durkheim’s pioneering 1897 sociological study that systematically analyzes the social factors influencing suicide rates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Suicide canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9654932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Suicide Context triple: [Suicide: A Study in Sociology, originalTitle, Le Suicide]
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A.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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B.
Chronique d’une mort annoncée
Chronique d’une mort annoncée is a 1987 film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," directed by Francesco Rosi.
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C.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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D.
La Chienne
La Chienne is a 1931 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir, notable as an early sound feature exploring themes of obsession, deception, and moral downfall.
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E.
Le Poète assassiné
Le Poète assassiné is a 1916 collection of experimental prose and short stories by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire that blends autobiography, fantasy, and avant-garde narrative techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Suicide Target entity description: Le Suicide is Émile Durkheim’s pioneering 1897 sociological study that systematically analyzes the social factors influencing suicide rates.
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A.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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B.
Chronique d’une mort annoncée
Chronique d’une mort annoncée is a 1987 film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," directed by Francesco Rosi.
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C.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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D.
La Chienne
La Chienne is a 1931 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir, notable as an early sound feature exploring themes of obsession, deception, and moral downfall.
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E.
Le Poète assassiné
Le Poète assassiné is a 1916 collection of experimental prose and short stories by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire that blends autobiography, fantasy, and avant-garde narrative techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| argues |
suicide cannot be explained solely by individual psychology
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suicide is influenced by collective forces ⓘ |
| author | Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| concludes |
Protestants have higher suicide rates than Catholics
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married people generally have lower suicide rates than unmarried ⓘ periods of economic crisis affect suicide rates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| discipline | sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic conditions
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family structure ⓘ marital status ⓘ religious affiliation ⓘ social groups ⓘ suicide rates ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Suicide: A Study in Sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern sociology
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social epidemiology ⓘ sociology of deviance ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Auguste Comte
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positivist methodology ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
altruistic suicide
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anomic suicide ⓘ egoistic suicide ⓘ fatalistic suicide ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
social causes of suicide
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social integration ⓘ social regulation ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| methodology |
comparative statistics
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quantitative analysis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational status in classical sociology
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systematic statistical analysis of suicide ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Suicide ⓘ |
| partOf | Durkheim’s project to establish sociology as a science ⓘ |
| proposesTheory |
suicide as a social fact
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suicide rates depend on social integration ⓘ suicide rates depend on social regulation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1897 ⓘ |
| publisher | Félix Alcan ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | positivism ⓘ |
| usesDataFrom |
Catholic populations
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Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Protestant populations ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Saxony ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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