family honor
Ancestral good name
Family honor is the collective reputation and standing of a family unit, particularly as reflected in the conduct of its members.
Cultures with strong family honor traditions hold individuals responsible for upholding the family name through proper behavior—especially regarding loyalty, honesty, and sexual propriety.
Violations can bring shame on the entire family: She married outside the faith and disgraced the family honor.
In extreme cases, perceived threats to family honor have been used to justify violence, including so-called honor killings.
- good nameFavorable public regard
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- dignityInnate personal worth
- filial pietyRespect owed to parents
- respectRegard with honor
old money · vendetta · lineage · izzat · clan · face-saving · patriarchy · blood feud · sworn enemy · tradition · generational trauma · name · ancestor veneration · eldest · firstborn son · duty · nobility · dynasty
- Clan & Kinshipkinship, lineage, ancestry, bloodlines, blood ties
- Caucasus cultureadat, blood feud, clan loyalty, elder councils, guest rights
- family bondslove, parent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty
- family dramasibling rivalry, kinship, parent-child, inheritance, estrangement
- Family Storiesmother-daughter, father-son, childhood memories, maternal bonds, kitchen talk
- honorintegrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, good name
family honorindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
self-interest · personal freedom · autonomy · self-determination · individual rights
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