Victimhood
victim - noun
1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident
2. a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion
3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims
4. a living creature sacrificed in religious rites
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Origin:
1490-1500; ( Latin - "victima" sacrificial animal)
Is victimhood a "temporary state" or a "state of being?" I've got to believe that ALL of us have been or have felt like victims at one time or another. It seems like it should be a transitive state, not a terminal one. It also seems like there are more and more people living their lives as if where they where perpetual victims. True victims deserve our support and understand but what about chronic ones? I don't get this...
1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident
2. a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion
3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims
4. a living creature sacrificed in religious rites
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Origin:
1490-1500; ( Latin - "victima" sacrificial animal)
Is victimhood a "temporary state" or a "state of being?" I've got to believe that ALL of us have been or have felt like victims at one time or another. It seems like it should be a transitive state, not a terminal one. It also seems like there are more and more people living their lives as if where they where perpetual victims. True victims deserve our support and understand but what about chronic ones? I don't get this...