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victimization

[vik-tuh-muh-zey-shuhn] / ˌvɪk tə məˈzeɪ ʃən /


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It may be the victimization survey is “off,” she said, or that the 2025 survey due later this year will match the falloff as documented in police data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

This helps the empathizer make sense of things, but it sounds more like victimization and a savior complex than empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

In the tome of essays, author and educator Patricia Pisters discusses Madonna’s ability to transcend the traditional objectification and victimization that famous women are usually subject to.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

As a result, we end up feeling like victims of fire, and victimization will be an obstacle to problem-solving.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Thus, for a few years, students could be lured by a romantic idea of their victimization.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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