victim-blame
victim-blame verb: to subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).
Verb
victim-blame (third-person singular simple present victim-blames, present participle victim-blaming, simple past and past participle victim-blamed)
- 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.1994, Explorations in Ethnic Studies: The Journal of the National Association of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies, volumes 17-18, page 157
- […] of women who have been utterly socially marginalized (and victim-blamed for their own drug problems) by mainstream US society.2007, Marcia C. Inhorn, Reproductive Disruptions, →ISBN, page 24
Forms of victim-blame
| third-person singular present | victim-blames |
|---|---|
| present participle | victim-blaming |
| past participle | victim-blamed |
| past | victim-blamed |
Origin of victim-blame
Back-formation from victim-blaming, equivalent to victim + blame.
Words formed from victim-blame
Questions about victim-blame
- What does victim-blame mean?
- Victim-blame means to subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).
- What part of speech is victim-blame?
- Victim-blame is a verb.
- What is the past tense of victim-blame?
- The past tense of victim-blame is victim-blamed.
Words near victim-blame in the dictionary
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