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ideation

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌaɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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A 2009 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that among immigrants who came from Mexico to the U.S. as teenagers, just 2.3% reported suicidal ideation, compared with 8.9% of their American-born peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Queer youth experience significantly higher rates of suicidal ideation than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

And then, in early March, I held a weeklong strategy meeting to just talk through approvals and ideation and things like that.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

Takubo, a physician, cited more than a dozen peer-reviewed studies showing a decrease in rates of suicide ideation and attempts among youth with severe gender dysphoria who had access to medication therapy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

It is the emotional "tang" which distinguishes belief from mere ideation, and, if it be present, the ideation and explicit judgment may be dispensed with.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)