hederskultur

Swedish

Etymology

heder (“honor”) +‎ -s- +‎ kultur (“culture”)

Noun

hederskultur c

  1. a culture placing great emphasis on (upholding) (family) honor (especially of some Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practices involving violence against those, especially women, perceived as lessening family honor through breaking cultural norms of (sexual) behavior)

Declension

Declension of hederskultur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hederskultur hederskulturs
definite hederskulturen hederskulturens
plural indefinite hederskulturer hederskulturers
definite hederskulturerna hederskulturernas

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