Victimology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Victimology is a noun meaning The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
Meaning
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
More Meanings
- The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- victimologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include victimologist, criminology, penology, psychotraumatology, sociopathology, accidentology.
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