dead-naming
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See also: deadnaming
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dead + naming, 'naming as (soon to be) dead'. Attested since the early 1900s.
Noun[edit]
- An act of instance of naming as the target of a death-curse — of killing by naming.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dead-naming.
Verb[edit]
dead-naming
- present participle and gerund of dead-name