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There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.
Alan Ball

Meaning of "victimhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VICTIMHOOD

victimhood  [ˈvɪktɪmhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VICTIMHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Victimhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VICTIMHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of victimhood in the English dictionary

The first definition of victimhood in the dictionary is the state of being someone who has been hurt or killed, esp in a crime or accident. Other definition of victimhood is state of being somebody or something that suffers as a result of adverse circumstances. Victimhood is also the state of having suffered as a result of someone else's actions or beliefs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VICTIMHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
boyhood
ˈbɔɪhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
childhood
ˈtʃaɪldhʊd
falsehood
ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
hood
hʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
manhood
ˈmænhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
personhood
ˈp£ːsənˌhʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
selfhood
ˈsɛlfhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
statehood
ˈsteɪthʊd
womanhood
ˈwʊmənˌhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VICTIMHOOD

vicomte
vicomtesse
Victa
victim
victim support
victimisation
victimiser
victimization
victimize
victimizer
victimless
victimless crime
victimologist
victimology
victor
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel III
victoria

WORDS THAT END LIKE VICTIMHOOD

babyhood
bachelorhood
extractor hood
girlhood
godhood
hardihood
knighthood
lens hood
maximum likelihood
monkshood
nationhood
prophethood
puppyhood
rain hood
sainthood
second childhood
servanthood
toddlerhood
unlikelihood
widowhood

Synonyms and antonyms of victimhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «victimhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VICTIMHOOD

Find out the translation of victimhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of victimhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «victimhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

受害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

victimismo
570 millions of speakers

English

victimhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्पीड़न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضحية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жертвенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vitimização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

victimhood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

victimisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mangsa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Opfer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

victimhood
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희생자 의식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Korban
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

là nạn nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

victimhood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बळीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mağduriyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vittimismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaliczyć do ofiar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жертовність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

victimizarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θυματοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

victimhood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

offer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

victimhood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of victimhood

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VICTIMHOOD»

The term «victimhood» is regularly used and occupies the 56.898 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VICTIMHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «victimhood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «victimhood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about victimhood

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4 QUOTES WITH «VICTIMHOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word victimhood.
1
Alan Ball
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.
2
Joyce Maynard
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
3
Tariq Ramadan
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood.
4
Serge Schmemann
A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VICTIMHOOD»

Discover the use of victimhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to victimhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Cult of True Victimhood: From the War on Welfare to the ...
The Cult of True Victimhood is a wake-up call that the Left is losing the ideological war that it began.
Alyson Manda Cole, 2007
2
The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry Into the Condition of ...
This work shows how, during the 20th century, the perspective on victims of trauma shifted from suspicion to recognition.
Didier Fassin, Richard Rechtman, 2009
3
The Violence of Victimhood
Diane Enns. The defensive position leads nowhere. Beyond the reasons already provided, it is a position that the Israeli government and those who agree with its policies have mastered to far better effect. The reader at this point may either ...
Diane Enns, 2012
4
The New Faces of Victimhood: Globalization, Transnational ...
In this edited book of scholarly essays, international lawyers and criminologists reflect on the legal challenges posed by these dark sides of globalization.
Rianne Monique Letschert, J. J. M. van Dijk, 2011
5
Betraying the event: constructions of victimhood in ...
This volume makes note of an attempt to sustain a conversation about changes in the ways the processes of victimization are written out and comprehended.
Fatima Festić, 2009
6
Defying Victimhood: Women and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
The contributors to this book draw on comparative case and country studies from post-conflict contexts in different parts of world to offer their insights into frameworks for understanding women as both victims and peacebuilders, to trace ...
Albrecht Schnabel, Anara Tabyshalieva, 2012
7
Innocence and Victimhood: Gender, Nation, and Women’s ...
oppression and violence, the plausible denial of responsibility that lies at the root of certain claims to collective victimhood. The claim to victimhood is ultimately not about the wretched position of actual victims but about moral purity. And so ...
Elissa Helms, 2013
8
Under the Red Velvet Cover: Conquering Victimhood and ...
Instead, it is the gritty, raw, and sometimes wonderful reality of conquering adversity. This book should be required reading for all who believe it is time to shred the veil of secrecy that protects child molesters.
Grant Garris, 2010
9
From Victimhood to Citizenship: The Path of Roma Integration
The Obama quotation is intimately connected to this objective because, in my opinion, as long as victimhood dominates the spirits of the excluded, and a new civic consciousness does not develop on the basis of the principles of the Universal ...
Will Guy, 2013
10
Escaping Victimhood: Children, Youth and Post-Conflict ...
This publication draws on experiences from post-conflict environments in different parts of the world. The authors examine the proactive roles of girls and boys in promoting security for themselves and their families.
Albrecht Schnabel, Anara Tabyshalieva, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VICTIMHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term victimhood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Derek Scally: Language of victimhood and perpetrators obscures …
What have I learned from the euro crisis? Sitting up all night this week in the European Council press room I had plenty of time to think about the answer. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Andrew Coyne: Greece's culture of victimhood
There are many issues at play in the Greek tragedy, but the fundamental thesis being tested is this: do states have a budget constraint? Is there a limit to how ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
McWhorter: Dolezal Became Black 'For the Victimhood'
Columbia University linguistics Professor John McWhorter declared that Rachel Dolezal “converted to blackness for the victimhood” on Wednesday's “NOW with ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
4
Victimhood has become the new black
The next question is equally obvious: has modern western culture created the perfect conditions for this sort of victimhood swindle? As academic Fredrik deBoer ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
5
Ehud Barak: Let us not wallow in victimhood
Though indeed unfairly criticized and castigated, Israel must not descend into a psychology of “victimhood” but, rather, must take matters into its own hands and ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
6
Corrosive emphasis on black victimhood
The narrative is too much about black victimhood. There must be a way to talk about our history, and to demand redress, without giving fuel to the lie that we are ... «BDlive, May 15»
7
Jeb Bush embraces the narrative of Christian victimhood
While the rest of the Republican presidential candidates were at the South Carolina Freedom Summit this weekend, Jeb Bush traveled to Virginia to give the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
8
Lift yourselves out of victimhood: Warren Mundine
Warren Mundine has backed calls from indigenous leader Noel Pearson for the first Australians to rise above their traumatic history, saying Aboriginal people ... «The Australian, May 15»
9
Ross Douthat: Hierarchy of victimhood and Charlie Hebdo's 'privilege'
A living cartoonist lecturing his murdered peers makes for a curious spectacle, but that's what transpired at journalism's George Polk Awards a week ago. «Monterey County Herald, Apr 15»
10
Starkey attacks 'victimhood status'
He said: "They espoused victimhood and violence. And I think to a dangerous extent that has happened in this country. With all the praise that's been lavished ... «Belfast Telegraph, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Victimhood [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/victimhood>. Apr 2024 ».
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