Synonyms for "victimization" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

bamboozlementbefoolingbluffingcalculated deceptioncircumventionconningdeceivingdeceptiondeceptivenessdefraudingdelusiondelusivenessdupery

Strong matches (18)

enmeshmentensnaremententanglemententrapmentexploitationfallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessflimflamflimflammeryfond illusionfoolinghallucinationharassmentharryinghoodwinkinghounding

Noun(1 words)

exploitation

Related words (30)

illusionkiddingmccarthyismmirageoppressionoutwittingoverreachingpersecutionphantasmputting onred baitingred-baitingself-deceptionsnow jobsong and dancespooferyspoofingsubterfugeswindlingtormenting

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trickinesstrickingvisionwillful misconceptionwishful thinkingwitch huntwitch-huntwitch-hunting

Noun(2 words)

usingvictimisation

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

adversityhard knockshardshipmistreatment

Synonyms

1 entries

exploitation

derived

2 entries

secondary victimizationself-victimization

derived from

1 entries

victim

is a

1 entries

adversity

related to

6 entries

actadversityexploitresultvictimvictimize

Translations

14 translations across 8 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• victimització noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

French

2 entries

• victimation noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)
• victimisation noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

Galician

1 entries

• vitimización noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

German

4 entries

• Ausnutzen einer Schwäche noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)
• Opferzustand noun (adversity as a result of being a victim)
• Schikanieren noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)
• Viktimisierung noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

Italian

1 entries

• vittimizzazione noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

Portuguese

2 entries

• vitimação noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)
• vitimização noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

• viktimizacija noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

Spanish

1 entries

• victimización noun (an act that victimizes or exploits someone)

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