This is the Bokononist term for a possessive person who wants another to give them “all” of their love.
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Sin-wat Term Timeline in Cat’s Cradle
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Chapter 93. How I Almost Lost My Mona
...she says, “I make people happy. Love is good, not bad.” She calls John a “sin-wat,” a Bokononist term for “a man who wants all of somebody’s love.”
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...she used to perform boko-maru with Philip Castle. She insists she will not marry a sin-wat, saying that Bokononist religion instructs that people should love all others “the same.” She asks...
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