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victim-blamey

victim-blamey adjective: engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of victim-blaming.

Adjective

victim-blamey (comparative more victim-blamey, superlative most victim-blamey)

  1. (informal) Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of victim-blaming.
    • “I think any sort of advice on how to have a safer Halloween based only on the costume is very victim-blamey,” Wozniak said.2013, Annika Wolters, "What Makes A Costume Offensive?", The AS Review (Western Washington University), Volume 29, Number 7, 30 October 2013, page 8
    • They tell me you can never let your guard down. Not for a single second. That you should expect every fellow citizen to be a sociopath. It isn’t exactly victim-blamey, but it feels gross.2014, Timaree Schmit, "Bad Karma", Philadelphia Weekly, 24 September 2014 - 1 October 2014, page 19

Forms of victim-blamey

comparativemore victim-blamey
superlativemost victim-blamey

Origin of victim-blamey

From victim-blame + -y.

Questions about victim-blamey

What does victim-blamey mean?
Victim-blamey means engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of victim-blaming.
What part of speech is victim-blamey?
Victim-blamey is an adjective.

Words near victim-blamey in the dictionary

  1. victim surcharge
  2. victim surcharges
  3. victim-blame
  4. victim-blamed
  5. victim-blames
  6. victim-blamey
  7. victim-blaming
  8. victimage
  9. victimages
  10. victimaries
  11. victimary

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