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self-victimize

self-victimize verb: to engage in self-victimization.

Verb

self-victimize (third-person singular simple present self-victimizes, present participle self-victimizing, simple past and past participle self-victimized)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in self-victimization.
    • It’s timely to bring this topic up because when the world is falling apart, people generally fall into two groups: those that self-victimize and those that take responsibility for their lives.2020 July 31, Briana Theroux, “How To Stop Victimizing Yourself”, in brianatheroux.com, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2024

Forms of self-victimize

third-person singular presentself-victimizes
present participleself-victimizing
past participleself-victimized
pastself-victimized

Origin of self-victimize

From self- + victimize.

Questions about self-victimize

What does self-victimize mean?
Self-victimize means to engage in self-victimization.
What part of speech is self-victimize?
Self-victimize is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-victimize?
The past tense of self-victimize is self-victimized.

Words near self-victimize in the dictionary

  1. self-unloader
  2. self-unloaders
  3. self-ventilated
  4. self-victimization
  5. self-victimizations
  6. self-victimize
  7. self-victimized
  8. self-victimizes
  9. self-victimizing
  10. self-view
  11. self-views

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