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victimhood

noun

victimhood is spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-H-O-O-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, victimhood means “The state or perception of being a victim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of victimhood is victimhoods.

How many letters and syllables are in victimhood?

Letters10: V-I-C-T-I-M-H-O-O-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is victimhood?

Victimhood appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce victimhood?

    Victimhood has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of victimhood

    • victimhoods plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does victimhood mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      The state or perception of being a victim.

      the Nazis were the great artists of victimhood fiction., Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does victimhood come from?

    From victim + -hood.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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