Usually means: Mystery genre focused on motive.
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  1. whydunit: Merriam-Webster
  2. whydunit: Collins English Dictionary
  3. whydunit: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (whydunit)

noun:  (literature, film) A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the motives for committing it.

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