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dead-naming en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

dead-naming en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of dead-name
    form of dead-name

Relateds

deadname · necronym