victimhood

Variant of victim

victim definition

vic·tim (vik′təm)

noun

  1. a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite
  2. someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from, some act, condition, or circumstance victims of war
  3. a person who suffers some loss, esp. by being swindled

Etymology: L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base *weik-, to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce, witch

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