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Definitions for Victimization
vic·tim·iza·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. victimizationnoun

    adversity resulting from being made a victim

    "his victimization infuriated him"

  2. exploitation, victimization, victimisation, usingnoun

    an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

    "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

Wiktionary

  1. victimizationnoun

    An act that victimizes or exploits someone

  2. victimizationnoun

    Adversity as a result of being a victim

Wikipedia

  1. victimization

    Victimisation (or victimization) is the process of being victimised or becoming a victim. The field that studies the process, rates, incidence, effects, and prevalence of victimisation is called victimology.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Victimization in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Victimization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Victimization in a Sentence

  1. Kathleen Ethier:

    At the same time, the rate of violence and victimization they're experiencing hasn't gone down. Bullying hasn't decreased. The proportion of youth who have ever been physically forced to have sex has not decreased, we're seeing increases in experiences of persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness and suicide ideation and behaviors, and so that remains a great concern.

  2. Nathan Earl:

    Any type of outreach poster... regarding trafficking is typically the teenage girl with pigtails, just seeing that formally encourages that stigma that you are weak, that you are effeminate if you are a victim. There is still such a stigma attached to male victimization.

  3. Eddie Bocanegra:

    The same institutions that were intended to create peace and harmony haven't existed for some communities in our cities, these individuals have seen the negative sides of police, coupled with their own victimization of gun violence.

  4. Kathleen Ethier:

    It's the things they are experiencing, whether it's violence, victimization or mental health and suicide risk, where we still have great concern.

  5. Mohammed Shafiq:

    This is not a white conspiracy dreamt up by the far right or victimization of the Pakistani community as some claim, this is a concerted effort by a minority of Pakistani men who have groomed, abused and raped young white girls.

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