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   Vic·tim·ol·o·gy

   /ˌviktəˈmäləjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the study of the victims of crime and the psychological effects on them of their experience: "specialists in victimology will gather to consider how best to help the victims of crime recover"
   • ▪ the possession of an outlook, arising from real or imagined victimization, that seems to glorify and indulge the state of being a victim.

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