"DARVO" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Acronym of “Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender”. Coined by Jennifer J. Freyd in “Violations of power, adaptive blindness, and betrayal trauma theory” (1997), Feminism & Psychology. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} DARVO (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender: a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender. Wikipedia link: DARVO Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: deny (extra: a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender), attack (extra: a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender), and reverse victim and offender (extra: a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender) Categories (topical): Crime, Human behaviour Related terms: a similar strategy in rhetoric
    Sense id: en-DARVO-en-noun-~BqBxu1N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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