victimology
/ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/noun
victimology is a noun meaning “The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-O-L-O-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of victimology is victimologies.
What does victimology mean?
noun
- 1
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
- 2
The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce victimology?
- /ˌvɪktɪˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-victimology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of victimology
- victimologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is victimology?
Victimology appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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).
Victimology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | victimologie |
| German | Viktimologie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does victimology come from?
From French victimologie. From victim + -ology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).