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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hedersvåld	hedersvåldet	—	—
Genitive	hedersvålds	hedersvåldets	—	—

See also

• hederskultur
• hedersmord

References

• hedersvåld in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)