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victim-blaming

noun

Etymology

From victim + blaming.

  1. inherited from blamyng
  2. compounded as victim-blaming — “victim + blaming”

Definitions

  1. The practice of holding the victim of a crime or other wrongful act wholly or partially…

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

  2. present participle of victim-blame

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for victim-blaming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA