Victimology
//ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims. countable, uncountable
- 2 The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent. countable, uncountable
"The whole thing has rotted into a festival of bad faith and victimology, those twin markers of the Trump-Twitter Decade: rather an irony for a show organized under the sign of friendship."
Example
More examples"The whole thing has rotted into a festival of bad faith and victimology, those twin markers of the Trump-Twitter Decade: rather an irony for a show organized under the sign of friendship."
Etymology
From French victimologie. From victim + -ology.
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