dead-naming

noun

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.”

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Meanings

noun
  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.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dead-name

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

dead-naming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-naming

MLA

“dead-naming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-naming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dead-naming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-naming.

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