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victimology definition

vic·tim·ol·ogy (vik′tə mäl′ə jē)

noun

  1. the study of victims, esp. victims of crime
  2. status as a victim; specif., such status arising from membership in an ethnic, religious, etc. group regarded as historically victimized: usually an ironic or dismissive usage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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