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victimology

/ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

victimology noun: the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.

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Noun

victimology (countable and uncountable, plural victimologies)

  1. The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
  2. The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent.
    • 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.2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

victimology meaning in Tamil

victimology in Tamil

பலியாள் இயல்

Forms of victimology

pluralvictimologies

Origin of victimology

From French victimologie. From victim + -ology.

Words formed from victimology

Questions about victimology

What does victimology mean?
Victimology means the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
What is victimology in Tamil?
Victimology in Tamil is பலியாள் இயல். See Victimology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is victimology?
Victimology is a noun.
How do you pronounce victimology?
Victimology is pronounced /ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/.
What is the plural of victimology?
The plural of victimology is victimologies.

Words near victimology in the dictionary

  1. victimological
  2. victimologically
  3. victimologies
  4. victimologist
  5. victimologists
  6. victimology
  7. victimry
  8. victims
  9. victims of one's own success
  10. victimship
  11. victimy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: victimology (page history and authors); victimology (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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