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	—	—

See also

• hederskultur
• hedersmord

References

• hedersvåld in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)