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honor killing

homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community
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Summary

honor killing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,077 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: homicide[2], honor violence[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Honor killing[4]
  • Has immediate cause: family honor[5]
  • Related category: Category:Honor killing victims[6]

Why It Matters

honor killing has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0314428-vrazdy-ze-cti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0314428-vrazdy-ze-cti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category → Category:Honor killing victims
    Has immediate cause → family honor
    Subclass of → homicide, honor violence
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 15371, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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