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victim blaming

victim blaming is the alternative form of victim-blaming.

Meaning of victim-blaming

Noun

victim-blaming (uncountable)

  1. The practice of holding the victim of a crime or other wrongful act wholly or partially responsible for what befell them.

Questions about victim blaming

What is victim blaming the alternative form of?
Victim blaming is the alternative form of victim-blaming.

Words near victim blaming in the dictionary

  1. vict'ry
  2. Vict.
  3. victicrat
  4. victicrats
  5. victim
  6. victim blaming
  7. victim feminism
  8. victim impact statement
  9. victim impact statements
  10. victim mentalities
  11. victim mentality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: victim blaming (page history and authors); victim-blaming (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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