"victimology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-victimology.wav Forms: victimologies [plural]
Etymology: From French victimologie. victim + -ology. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|victimologie}} French victimologie, {{suf|en|victim|ology}} victim + -ology Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Criminology, Sociology Translations (the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims): 受害者學 (Chinese Mandarin), 受害者学 (shòuhàizhěxué) (Chinese Mandarin), viktimologia (Finnish), victimologie (French), Viktimologie [feminine] (German), жртвословие (žrtvoslovie) [neuter] (Macedonian), виктимологија (viktimologija) [feminine] (Macedonian), wiktymologia [feminine] (Polish), виктимология (viktimologija) (Russian), viktimoloji (Turkish), mağdur bilimi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-victimology-en-noun-en:study Disambiguation of Criminology: 79 21 Disambiguation of Sociology: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ology, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims': 92 8
  2. The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-victimology-en-noun-en:attitude Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: victimological, victimologist

Inflected forms

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