hedersvåld

Swedish

Etymology

heder (“honor”) +‎ -s- (“violence”)

Noun

hedersvåld n

  1. honor violence (violence against someone, usually a woman, perceived as lessening family honor through breaking cultural norms of (sexual) behavior, especially of some Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practices)

Declension

Declension of hedersvåld
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hedersvåld hedersvålds
definite hedersvåldet hedersvåldets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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