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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hederskultur	hederskulturen	hederskulturer	hederskulturerna
Genitive	hederskulturs	hederskulturens	hederskulturers	hederskulturernas

See also

• hedersmord
• hedersvåld

References

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