dead-naming

See also: deadnaming

English

Etymology

From dead +‎ naming, 'naming as (soon to be) dead'. Attested since the early 1900s.

Noun

dead-naming

  1. An act of instance of naming as the target of a death-curse — of killing by naming.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:dead-naming.

Verb

dead-naming

  1. present participle and gerund of dead-name

See also
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