What is another word for victimhood?

Pronunciation: [vˈɪktɪmhˌʊd] (IPA)

Victimhood refers to the state of someone who perceives themselves as a victim. Synonyms for victimhood include victimization, victim mentality, victim complex, self-pity, and a defeatist attitude. These words mean that an individual is constantly dwelling on their past experiences of being wronged, and sees themselves as helpless and powerless. Other words reflecting a similar idea include helplessness, passivity, and powerlessness. The use of these words often implies a lack of personal responsibility for one's actions, and a belief that external forces are responsible for the individual's current circumstances. These synonyms can also be used to describe an individual's tendency to blame others for their problems instead of looking inward and taking action.

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What are the hypernyms for Victimhood?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Victimhood

It was not the arbitrary reduction of her earnings that he resented, but the fact of her victimhood.
"The Roll-Call"
Arnold Bennett

Famous quotes with Victimhood

  • At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
    Joyce Maynard
  • The terrible lesson of Palestinian politics is that a leadership that elevates victimhood into the be-all and end-all of politics brings untold suffering and misery upon its own people. Given political power, this kind of a leadership will in turn victimize. This is an iron law of social and political psychology confirmed by any number of recent historical experiences. The insurgents in Iraq fully understand this dynamic; in fact they are counting on it. That is why their goal is not to win over Iraqi hearts and minds; it is rather to inculcate a state of pervasive physical insecurity, conducive to the eruption of the most irrational forms of behavior. Theirs is a politics of fear and intimidation borrowed from that of the former regime which produced them, and it is a politics designed to create a backlash among those very Iraqis who so rightfully today wear the blue-black stain on their right index finger as a badge of honor.
    Kanan Makiya
  • Along with our passivity, we're entering a profoundly masochistic phase — everyone is a victim these days, of parents, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, even love itself. And how much we enjoy it. Our happiest moments are spent trying to think up new varieties of victimhood...
    J. G. Ballard
  • The popular rallies at Rabaa al-Adawiya and other squares across Egypt will defeat despotism and terrorism in the long run. But in the meantime, any solution that fails to restore the public's confidence in the ballot box and falls short of alleviating the sense of victimhood in the Morsi camp will be doomed to failure.
    Tawakkol Karman
  • If we regard Iran as a nation, there is no reason it shouldn’t have correct relations with the United States or any other country. Decades of opinion polls show that a majority of Iranians have a good opinion of America. But Iran today suffers from a split personality: It is both a nation and, as the Islamic Republic, also a messianic cause. And the Islamic Republic of Iran, far from being part of the solution, is at the root of the conflict tearing the Middle East apart. It has built Shiite militias in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, not to mention Afghanistan, with the aim of “exporting” its Khomeinist ideology. The mullahs’ quest for an empire has provoked violent reaction from Sunni Arabs and enabled terrorist outfits such as al Qaeda in its many versions, including ISIS, to find a new audience and a narrative of victimhood. As long as Iran remains a “cause,” it can’t normalize relations with anybody, let alone America. Coexistence among nations is not the same as that among causes.
    Amir Taheri

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