Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

victim-blame

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: vic-tim-blame
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Original groups who suffer from the infection, particularly if the epidemic is a sexually transmitted disease, can be stigmatized and victim-blamed."
"[…] of women who have been utterly socially marginalized (and victim-blamed for their own drug problems) by mainstream US society."

Etymology

Back-formation from victim-blaming, equivalent to victim + blame.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

victim-blames (present, singular) victim-blaming (participle, present) victim-blamed (participle, past) victim-blamed (past)

Phrases

victim-blamey

Questions

What does victim-blame mean?: To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).
Where does victim-blame come from?: Back-formation from victim-blaming, equivalent to victim + blame.

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