Death by 1000 cuts is a term that alludes to an ancient kind of torture in which countless small wounds were made on the body of a victim. None of the cuts were lethal on their own, but when combined, they resulted in a prolonged, painful death. In psychology, it refers to minor concerns that go unnoticed until they accumulate to become too large to ignore. Occasionally, I wonder whether version of the term is the worse.
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Death by 1000 cuts is a term that alludes to an ancient kind of torture in which countless small wounds were made on the body of a victim. None of the cuts were lethal on their own, but when combined, they resulted in a prolonged, painful death. In psychology, it refers to minor concerns that go unnoticed until they accumulate to become too large to ignore. Occasionally, I wonder whether version of the term is the worse.
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