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

See also

• hedersmord
• hedersvåld

References

• hederskultur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hederskultur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)