What does victim-blame mean?
Victim-blame means (transitive) To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered)..
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(transitive) To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered)..
Original groups who suffer from the infection, particularly if the epidemic is a sexually transmitted disease, can be stigmatized and victim-blamed.
[…] of women who have been utterly socially marginalized (and victim-blamed for their own drug problems) by mainstream US society.
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Victim-blame means (transitive) To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered)..
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Original groups who suffer from the infection, particularly if the epidemic is a sexually transmitted disease, can be stigmatized and victim-blamed.
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