guiltware
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) Software that attempts to convince the user to fulfil some obligation (such as registration or donation to a charity) by eliciting feelings of guilt.
Etymology
Affix from English guilt (gilt).
Origin
English
guilt
Gloss
gilt
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beguilt English
- bloodguilt English
- forguilt English
- guilt English
- guilt-ridden English
- guilt-sick English
- guilter English
- guiltfree English
- guiltless English
- guiltlike English
- guiltridden English
- guilty English
- misguilt English
- nonguilt English
- self-guilt English
- unguilt English
- gilt Middle English