Whydunit Definition

noun

A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it.

1985, Laurence Urdang, Walter W. Hunsinger, Nancy LaRoche: Picturesque expressions: a thematic dictionary, p 420.
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Other Word Forms of Whydunit

Noun

Singular:
whydunit
Plural:
whydunits

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