polyvictimization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
victimization of someone, especially a young person, along multiple axes or through multiple forms of abuse
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Even more than to determine who is vulnerable to victimization, there is a need to figure out which children are vulnerable to polyvictimization."
- "Adult protective services professionals indicate that polyvictimization is a common form of abuse on their caseloads ranging from 15% to 25% (Ramsey-Klawsnik & Heisler, 2014)."
Etymology
From poly- + victimization.