victimology

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/ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

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

OriginFrench victimologie →
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Meanings

nounvictimology (countable and uncountable, plural victimologies)

plural victimologies

  1. countableuncountableThe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
  2. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

  1. Frenchvictimologie
  2. Englishvictimology

From French victimologie. From victim + -ology.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 受害者學 /受害者学
  • 受害者學 /受害者学 (shòuhàizhěxué)the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
Finnish viktimologia
  • viktimologiathe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
French victimologie
  • victimologiethe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
German Viktimologie
  • Viktimologiethe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
Polish wiktymologia
  • wiktymologiathe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
Russian виктимология
  • виктимология (viktimologija)the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
Turkish viktimoloji, mağdur bilimi
  • viktimolojithe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
  • mağdur bilimithe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims
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APA

victimology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victimology

MLA

“victimology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victimology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “victimology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victimology.

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