victim en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɪktɪm/
- (US) audio
- /ˈvɪktəm/ weak vowel merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). Although this root and victor drive from homophonous PIE roots, they are traditionally reconstructed as separate words and thus not cognates.
Meanings
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
play the victim
She saw herself as a victim of circumstance.
“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]”
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:The role of victim, whether represented by a character on stage or conveyed verbally, is the necessary counterpart of the evil-doer.
1980, Heather M. Arden, Fools' Plays: A Study of Satire in the Sottie, page 53:crime victim
the youngest victims of the brutal war
victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
Flexibility, one of the hallmarks of German military doctrine, was a victim of the war.
2014, Holger H. Herwig, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 116:According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:The villian, perceiving his danger, groped about in search of his victim, gave him another blow and disappeared.
1838, The Lady's Book, volumes 16-17, page 125:victim of abuse
The victim of the robbery gave a detailed statement.
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: ▸ One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
victims of assault; the murderer's victims
became another victim of the latest scam
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: ▸ One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […] !”
1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, in The Younger Set:a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: ▸ One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: ▸ One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
To some extent the schools and colleges are victims of conditions beyond their control: rapid population growth and mobility, country; to-city migration, unpredictable economic and social changes wrought by technology, […]
1970 March 12, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Summary of Legislative Action of the House Education and Labor Committee for the 91st Congress (1st Session) / Educational Technology Act of 1969: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8838 ... March 12, 1970As Ella Shohat (1988) incisively argued some years ago now, the historical role of 'victim' to Zionism's racialising and nationalising frame is one that has been shared – albeit not in identical ways – by Palestinians and Mizrahim, those Sephardic or Arab Jews whose presence was solicited for the structural and demographic efficacy of the fledgling Jewish state.
2012, Alisa Lebow, The Cinema of Me:
- A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
- (broadly) A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. ▸ The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Forms
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| victims | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
culprit · perpetrator · criminal · offender · offender · assailant · offender · perpetrator · offender · offender · aggressor · perpetrator · perpetrator · perpetrator
Deriveds
suicide victim · victimisation · victim blaming · victimation · fall victim · antivictim · victimary · victimlike · nonvictim · multivictim · victimise · victim surcharge · victimless · victimry · victimy · victimness · victim of one's own success · cybervictim · victimology · fashion victim · victim Olympics · victimhood · victimize · victimism · victim impact statement · play the victim card · victim-blaming · professional victim · victim mentality · victimist · victicrat · victim feminism · victimship · victimization · victimage · perfect victim
Synonyms
injured party · injured party · injured party · injured party · injured party
Translations (282)
he קָרְבָּן \ קורבן (one who is harmed) · nb offer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ug قۇربانلىق (one who is harmed) · pt vítima (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ru потерпе́вшая (one who is harmed) · az qurban (one who is harmed) · ang onsægednes (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ru потерпе́вший (one who is harmed) · mk жртва (one who is harmed) · km ជនរងគ្រោះ (one who is harmed) · mi marurenga (one who is harmed by a crime) · sl žrtev (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ru же́ртва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · as বলি (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · mi pārurenga (one who is harmed) · sh žȑtva (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sv offer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · bg же́ртва (one who is harmed) · pl poszkodowana (one who is harmed by a crime) · be ахвя́ра (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · uk потерпі́лий (one who is harmed by a crime) · ja 被害者 (one who is harmed by a crime) · cmn 犧牲品 /牺牲品 (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · pl poszkodowana (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · acw ضَحِيَّة (one who is harmed) · cs oběť (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · nb dødsoffer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · nb offer (one who is harmed) · kk құрбан (one who is harmed) · ru пострада́вший (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ka მსხვერპლი (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · af slagoffer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · uz qurbon (one who is harmed) · lt auka (one who is harmed by a crime) · pl ofiara (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ka მსხვერპლი (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · es víctima (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · mi tipinga (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · af slagoffer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · he קָרְבָּן \ קורבן (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · cmn 受難者 /受难者 (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · es víctima (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · pl poszkodowany (one who is harmed) · ru же́ртва (one who is harmed) · ur قُرْبانی (one who is harmed) · az zərərçəkən (one who is harmed by a crime) · gd ìobairteach (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · lv upuris (one who is harmed) · fa-ira ضَحِیِه (one who is harmed) · nl gedupeerde (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · tr kurban (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ka დაზარალებული (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · hu áldozat (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sh жр̏тва (one who is harmed by a crime) · he חָלָל (casualty of hostility) · pt vítima (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · ca víctima (one who is harmed by a crime) · et ohver (one who is harmed by a crime) · be ахвя́ра (one who is harmed) · he קָרְבָּן \ קורבן (one who is harmed by a crime) · uz qurbonlik (one who is harmed) · hy զոհ (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · tg қурбонӣ (one who is harmed) · fi uhri (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · nl slachtoffer (one who is harmed) · uk офі́ра (one who is harmed) · fa-ira قُرْبانی (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ht viktim (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · nl slachtoffer (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · cmn 被害者 (one who is harmed by a crime) · tk gurban (one who is harmed) · nl slachtoffer (one who is harmed by a crime) · hy զոհ (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · bg же́ртва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · es víctima (one who is harmed by a crime) · ug قۇربان (one who is harmed) · vi nạn nhân (one who is harmed) · fr victime (one who is harmed) · el θύμα (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ru потерпе́вшая (one who is harmed by a crime) · ltg upere (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sl žrtev (one who is harmed) · th เหยื่อ (one who is harmed) · uk офі́ра (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sq viktimë (one who is harmed) · pl ofiara (one who is harmed by a crime) · gd ìobairteach (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · cmn 犧牲者 /牺牲者 (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ba ҡорбан (one who is harmed) · de Opfer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · arz أضحية (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · uk потерпі́ла (one who is harmed by a crime) · ro jertfă (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · et ohver (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ky курман (one who is harmed) · ca víctima (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ru потерпе́вший (one who is harmed by a crime) · ka მსხვერპლი (one who is harmed by a crime) · tl gihod (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · af slagoffer (one who is harmed) · nl slachtoffer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · de Opfer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ru потерпе́вший (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · mi marurenga (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · tr kurban (one who is harmed) · da offer (one who is harmed) · eo viktimo (one who is harmed by a crime) · da offer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · pt vítima (one who is harmed by a crime) · ka დაზარალებული (one who is harmed) · tl gihod (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · bg же́ртва (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · da offer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · el θύμα (one who is harmed) · ko 희생 (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · hy զոհ (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · sv offer (one who is harmed) · sh жр̏тва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ja 生贄 (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · gd ìobairteach (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · arz ضحية (one who is harmed) · uk же́ртва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · vi lễ vật (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · hy զոհ (one who is harmed by a crime) · fr victime (one who is harmed by a crime) · fr victime (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · hi शिकार (one who is harmed) · nb offer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · da offer (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · nb offer (one who is harmed by a crime) · bn শিকার (one who is harmed) · tt корбан (one who is harmed) · sh žȑtva (one who is harmed) · bg же́ртва (casualty of hostility) · ka დაზარალებული (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · mt vittma (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · fa-ira قُرْبانی (one who is harmed by a crime) · gd ìobairteach (one who is harmed by a crime) · et ohverdus (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · id kurban (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · uk же́ртва (one who is harmed by a crime) · sh žȑtva (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · sh žȑtva (one who is harmed by a crime) · pt vítima (one who is harmed) · da slagteoffer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ko 희생자 (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · af slagoffer (one who is harmed by a crime) · be ахвя́ра (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ja 犠牲者 (one who is harmed) · sh жр̏тва (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ar أُضْحِيَّة (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · mk жртва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · fi uhri (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · be жэ́ртва (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · nci xōchimicqui (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · mi marurenga (one who is harmed) · ro victimă (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · fi uhri (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · ota ضحیة (one who is harmed) · af slagoffer (casualty of hostility) · pl poszkodowana (one who is harmed) · uk же́ртва (one who is harmed) · pl ofiara (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · uk потерпі́лий (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ja 犠牲 (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · he חָלָל (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · et ohver (one who is harmed) · mi patunga (one who is harmed) · gd ìobairteach (one who is harmed) · sl žrtev (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · fa-ira قُرْبانی (one who is harmed) · hu sértett (one who is harmed by a crime) · ko 피해자 (one who is harmed by a crime) · ms mangsa (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · mi ori (one who is harmed) · th เหยื่อ (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · af slagoffer (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · ru же́ртва (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · fr victime (casualty of hostility) · ms mangsa (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · cmn 受害者 (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ru же́ртва (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · ru же́ртва (one who is harmed by a crime) · mi kaupēhipēhi (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · hu áldozat (one who is harmed) · de Opfer (one who is harmed by a crime) · be пацярпе́лы (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · lv upuris (one who is harmed by a crime) · it vittima (one who is harmed) · ms mangsa (one who is harmed by a crime) · gl vítima (one who is harmed by a crime) · es víctima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ca víctima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · fi uhri (one who is harmed by a crime) · ka მსხვერპლი (one who is harmed) · ro victimă (one who is harmed) · sk obeť (one who is harmed by a crime) · mi ori (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · gl vítima (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · it vittima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · az zərərçəkən (one who is harmed) · ka მსხვერპლი (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · vi nạn nhân (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · km ជនរងគ្រោះ (one who is harmed by a crime) · ltg upere (one who is harmed) · it vittima (one who is harmed by a crime) · he נפגע (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · bg же́ртва (one who is harmed by a crime) · ar ضَحِيَّة (one who is harmed) · es víctima (one who is harmed) · bg потърпе́вш (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · el θύμα (one who is harmed by a crime) · sh žȑtva (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · pl poszkodowana (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · it vittima (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · uk же́ртва (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · hy տուժող (one who is harmed by a crime) · pl poszkodowany (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · sk obeť (one who is harmed) · nn dødsoffer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · da offer (one who is harmed by a crime) · bn বলি (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · pl poszkodowany (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · hu áldozat (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · sl žrtev (one who is harmed by a crime) · sh жр̏тва (one who is harmed) · mk жртва (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ca víctima (one who is harmed) · fr victime (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · th เหยื่อ (one who is harmed by a crime) · hy զոհ (one who is harmed) · lo ເຫຍື່ອ (one who is harmed) · gl vítima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ota مغدور (one who is harmed) · fi uhri (one who is harmed) · cs oběť (one who is harmed by a crime) · lv upuris (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sv offer (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · sv offer (one who is harmed by a crime) · cmn 受害者 (one who is harmed) · lt auka (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · grc σφάγιον (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ca víctima (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · de Opfer (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · it vittima (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · fr victime (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sk obeť (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · et ohver (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · cmn 受害人 (one who is harmed) · ko 희생물 (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ka დაზარალებული (one who is harmed by a crime) · de Opfer (one who is harmed) · ang tiber (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · tl gihod (one who is harmed by a crime) · el θύμα (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · mi kaupēhipēhi (one who is harmed) · cs oběť (one who is harmed) · gl vítima (one who is harmed) · la victima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ltg pazīds (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · la hostia (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · tk gurbanlyk (one who is harmed) · ur شِکار (one who is harmed) · ja 被災者 (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · sv offer (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · pt sacrifício (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · pt vítima (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · sh жр̏тва (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) · az qurban (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · nl slachtoffer (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · ky курмандык (one who is harmed) · gl vítima (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · pl poszkodowany (one who is harmed by a crime) · ms korban (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · be афя́ра (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · ms mangsa (one who is harmed) · ko 희생자 (one who is harmed) · pl ofiara (one who is harmed) · tr kurban (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) · cs oběť (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · sk obeť (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) · el θύμα (one who is harmed by their own undertakings)