self-victimization
- noun
- /sɛlfˌvɪk.tɪ.mɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Literature
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autovictimización
- During the campaign, the candidate's repeated self-victimization aimed to elicit sympathy from undecided voters.
Examples
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Influencers sometimes use self-victimization in posts to attract comments and boost engagement metrics.
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Colleagues complained that her constant self-victimization was a tactic to avoid responsibility at work.
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Her constant self-victimization alienated her friends.
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Many people engage in self-victimization for attention.
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During the campaign, the candidate's repeated self-victimization aimed to elicit sympathy from undecided voters.
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Influencers sometimes use self-victimization in social media posts to attract attention and gain more followers.
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Colleagues noticed that her pattern of self-victimization allowed her to evade accountability for her mistakes.
Antonyms
How Victimized
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-victimization = victimization (semi-transparent) = self + victim + ization
The form is clearly self + victimization, but the discourse sense of strategically presenting oneself as a victim is a specialized figurative extension.
Etymology
Self-victimization joins self 'oneself' and victim 'someone who suffers', with -ization 'the act of'. A helpful way to remember the public sense is to think of someone 'playing' the victim to get sympathy, attention, or an advantage, which explains its use in media and politics.