dead-naming
Meanings
noun
- An act of the instance of naming as the target of a death-curse, of killing by naming.
verb
- present participle and gerund of dead-name
Word forms
Etymology
From dead + naming, 'naming as (soon to be) dead'. Attested since the early 1900s.
Related words
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