"whydunit" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1985, Laurence Urdang, Walter W. Hunsinger, Nancy LaRoche, Picturesque expressions: a thematic dictionary, page 420",
          "text": "Connery takes over the interrogation and in the process beats the man to death. This much we know almost from the beginning, so the film is less of a whodunit than a whydunit.",
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        "A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it."
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          "detective",
          "detective"
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          "story",
          "story"
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          "focus",
          "focus"
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        [
          "committed",
          "commit"
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        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "howdunit"
        },
        {
          "word": "whodunit"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whydunnit"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "whydunit"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "word": "howdunit"
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    {
      "word": "whodunit"
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          "text": "Connery takes over the interrogation and in the process beats the man to death. This much we know almost from the beginning, so the film is less of a whodunit than a whydunit.",
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        }
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      "word": "whydunnit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whydunit"
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