victim
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
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.
Inflected forms:
form: victims
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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
pos: noun
examples: The victim of the robbery gave a detailed statement.
crime victim
victim of abuse
play the victim
the youngest victims of the brutal war
victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
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.
Flexibility, one of the hallmarks of German military doctrine, was a victim of the war.
She saw herself as a victim of circumstance.
The villian, perceiving his danger, groped about in search of his victim, gave him another blow and disappeared.
“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.[…]”
The role of victim, whether represented by a character on stage or conveyed verbally, is the necessary counterpart of the evil-doer.
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: victims of assault; the murderer's victims
became another victim of the latest scam
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
“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, […] !”
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: 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
a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
gloss: 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:
pos: noun
examples: relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
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, […]
As 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.
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.
gloss: A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
pos: noun
gloss: A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
Synonyms: injured party
Antonyms: offender
Related words: victimize
victimise
victimization
victimisation
victimism
victimist
Derived words: fall victim
fashion victim
perfect victim
play the victim card
professional victim
suicide victim
victim-blaming
victim blaming
victim feminism
victim impact statement
victim mentality
victim of one's own success
victim Olympics
victim surcharge
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: slagoffer
lang: Albanian
word: viktimë
lang: Arabic
word: ضَحِيَّة
roman: ḍaḥiyya
lang: Arabic
word: ضحية
roman: ḍaḥeya
lang: Arabic
word: ضَحِيَّة
roman: ḍaḥiyya
lang: Armenian
word: զոհ
roman: zoh
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zərərçəkən
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qurban
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡорбан
roman: qorban
lang: Belarusian
word: ахвя́ра
roman: axvjára
lang: Bengali
word: শিকার
roman: śikar
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Catalan
word: víctima
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 受害者
roman: shòuhàizhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 受害人
roman: shòuhài rén
lang: Czech
word: oběť
lang: Danish
word: offer
lang: Dutch
word: slachtoffer
lang: Estonian
word: ohver
lang: Finnish
word: uhri
lang: French
word: victime
lang: Galician
word: vítima
lang: Georgian
word: მსხვერპლი
roman: msxverṗli
lang: Georgian
word: დაზარალებული
roman: dazaralebuli
lang: German
word: Opfer
lang: Greek
word: θύμα
roman: thýma
lang: Hebrew
word: קָרְבָּן \ קורבן
roman: korbán
lang: Hindi
word: शिकार
roman: śikār
lang: Hungarian
word: áldozat
lang: Italian
word: vittima
lang: Japanese
word: 犠牲者
roman: giseisha
lang: Kazakh
word: құрбан
roman: qūrban
lang: Khmer
word: ជនរងគ្រោះ
roman: cŭən rɔɔng krŭəh
lang: Korean
word: 희생자
roman: huisaengja
lang: Kyrgyz
word: курман
roman: kurman
lang: Kyrgyz
word: курмандык
roman: kurmandık
lang: Lao
word: ເຫຍື່ອ
roman: hư̄ai
lang: Latgalian
word: upere
lang: Latvian
word: upuris
lang: Macedonian
word: жртва
roman: žrtva
lang: Malay
word: mangsa
lang: Māori
word: marurenga
lang: Māori
word: pārurenga
lang: Māori
word: patunga
lang: Māori
word: ori
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: offer
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قُرْبانی
roman: ġorbâni
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ضَحِیِه
roman: zahiye
lang: Polish
word: ofiara
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowana
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowany
lang: Portuguese
word: vítima
lang: Romanian
word: victimă
lang: Russian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Russian
word: потерпе́вший
roman: poterpévšij
lang: Russian
word: потерпе́вшая
roman: poterpévšaja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ìobairteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жр̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȑtva
lang: Slovak
word: obeť
lang: Slovene
word: žrtev
lang: Spanish
word: víctima
lang: Swedish
word: offer
lang: Tajik
word: қурбонӣ
roman: qurboni
lang: Tatar
word: корбан
roman: qorban
lang: Thai
word: เหยื่อ
roman: yʉ̀ʉa
lang: Turkish
word: kurban
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ضحیة
roman: zahiya
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مغدور
roman: mağdur
lang: Turkmen
word: gurban
lang: Turkmen
word: gurbanlyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Ukrainian
word: офі́ра
roman: ofíra
lang: Urdu
word: شِکار
roman: śikār
lang: Urdu
word: قُرْبانی
roman: qurbānī
lang: Uyghur
word: قۇربان
roman: qurban
lang: Uyghur
word: قۇربانلىق
roman: qurbanliq
lang: Uzbek
word: qurbon
lang: Uzbek
word: qurbonlik
lang: Vietnamese
word: nạn nhân
lang: Afrikaans
word: slagoffer
lang: Armenian
word: զոհ
roman: zoh
lang: Armenian
word: տուժող
roman: tužoġ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zərərçəkən
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Catalan
word: víctima
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 被害者
roman: bèihàizhě
lang: Czech
word: oběť
lang: Danish
word: offer
lang: Dutch
word: slachtoffer
lang: Esperanto
word: viktimo
lang: Estonian
word: ohver
lang: Finnish
word: uhri
lang: French
word: victime
lang: Galician
word: vítima
lang: Georgian
word: დაზარალებული
roman: dazaralebuli
lang: Georgian
word: მსხვერპლი
roman: msxverṗli
lang: German
word: Opfer
lang: Greek
word: θύμα
roman: thýma
lang: Hebrew
word: קָרְבָּן \ קורבן
roman: korbán
lang: Hungarian
word: sértett
lang: Italian
word: vittima
lang: Japanese
word: 被害者
roman: higaisha
lang: Khmer
word: ជនរងគ្រោះ
roman: cŭən rɔɔng krŭəh
lang: Korean
word: 피해자
roman: pihaeja
lang: Latvian
word: upuris
lang: Lithuanian
word: auka
lang: Malay
word: mangsa
lang: Māori
word: marurenga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: offer
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قُرْبانی
roman: ġorbâni
lang: Polish
word: ofiara
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowana
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowany
lang: Portuguese
word: vítima
lang: Russian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Russian
word: потерпе́вший
roman: poterpévšij
lang: Russian
word: потерпе́вшая
roman: poterpévšaja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ìobairteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жр̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȑtva
lang: Slovak
word: obeť
lang: Slovene
word: žrtev
lang: Spanish
word: víctima
lang: Swedish
word: offer
lang: Tagalog
word: gihod
lang: Thai
word: เหยื่อ
roman: yʉ̀ʉa
lang: Ukrainian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Ukrainian
word: потерпі́лий
roman: poterpílyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: потерпі́ла
roman: poterpíla
lang: Afrikaans
word: slagoffer
lang: Armenian
word: զոհ
roman: zoh
lang: Belarusian
word: ахвя́ра
roman: axvjára
lang: Belarusian
word: пацярпе́лы
roman: pacjarpjély
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Bulgarian
word: потърпе́вш
roman: potǎrpévš
lang: Catalan
word: víctima
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 受害者
roman: shòuhàizhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 犧牲者 /牺牲者
roman: xīshēngzhě
lang: Czech
word: oběť
lang: Danish
word: offer
lang: Dutch
word: slachtoffer
lang: Dutch
word: gedupeerde
lang: Estonian
word: ohver
lang: Finnish
word: uhri
lang: French
word: victime
lang: Galician
word: vítima
lang: Georgian
word: მსხვერპლი
roman: msxverṗli
lang: Georgian
word: დაზარალებული
roman: dazaralebuli
lang: German
word: Opfer
lang: Greek
word: θύμα
roman: thýma
lang: Haitian Creole
word: viktim
lang: Hebrew
word: חָלָל
roman: khalal
lang: Hebrew
word: נפגע
roman: nifga'
lang: Hungarian
word: áldozat
lang: Italian
word: vittima
lang: Japanese
word: 被災者
roman: hisaisha
lang: Korean
word: 희생자
roman: huisaengja
lang: Macedonian
word: жртва
roman: žrtva
lang: Malay
word: mangsa
lang: Māori
word: marurenga
lang: Māori
word: ori
lang: Māori
word: kaupēhipēhi
lang: Māori
word: tipinga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dødsoffer
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: offer
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: dødsoffer
lang: Polish
word: ofiara
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowana
lang: Polish
word: poszkodowany
lang: Portuguese
word: vítima
lang: Russian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Russian
word: пострада́вший
roman: postradávšij
lang: Russian
word: потерпе́вший
roman: poterpévšij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ìobairteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жр̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȑtva
lang: Slovak
word: obeť
lang: Slovene
word: žrtev
lang: Spanish
word: víctima
lang: Swedish
word: offer
lang: Tagalog
word: gihod
lang: Turkish
word: kurban
lang: Ukrainian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Ukrainian
word: потерпі́лий
roman: poterpílyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: nạn nhân
lang: Afrikaans
word: slagoffer
lang: Arabic
word: أُضْحِيَّة
roman: ʔuḍḥiyya
lang: Arabic
word: أضحية
roman: uḍḥeya
lang: Armenian
word: զոհ
roman: zoh
lang: Assamese
word: বলি
roman: boli
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qurban
lang: Belarusian
word: ахвя́ра
roman: axvjára
lang: Belarusian
word: жэ́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Belarusian
word: афя́ра
roman: afjára
lang: Bengali
word: বলি
roman: boli
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Catalan
word: víctima
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 犧牲品 /牺牲品
roman: xīshēngpǐn
lang: Czech
word: oběť
lang: Danish
word: offer
lang: Danish
word: slagteoffer
lang: Dutch
word: slachtoffer
lang: Estonian
word: ohverdus
lang: Finnish
word: uhri
lang: French
word: victime
lang: Galician
word: vítima
lang: Georgian
word: მსხვერპლი
roman: msxverṗli
lang: German
word: Opfer
lang: Greek
word: θύμα
roman: thýma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σφάγιον
roman: sphágion
lang: Hebrew
word: קָרְבָּן \ קורבן
roman: korbán
lang: Hungarian
word: áldozat
lang: Indonesian
word: kurban
lang: Italian
word: vittima
lang: Japanese
word: 犠牲
roman: gisei
lang: Japanese
word: 生贄
roman: ikenie
lang: Korean
word: 희생
roman: huisaeng
lang: Korean
word: 희생물
roman: huisaengmul
lang: Latgalian
word: upere
lang: Latgalian
word: pazīds
lang: Latin
word: victima
lang: Latin
word: hostia
lang: Latvian
word: upuris
lang: Lithuanian
word: auka
lang: Macedonian
word: жртва
roman: žrtva
lang: Malay
word: korban
lang: Maltese
word: vittma
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: xōchimicqui
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: offer
lang: Old English
word: onsægednes
lang: Old English
word: tiber
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قُرْبانی
roman: ġorbâni
lang: Polish
word: ofiara
lang: Portuguese
word: vítima
lang: Portuguese
word: sacrifício
lang: Romanian
word: victimă
lang: Romanian
word: jertfă
lang: Russian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ìobairteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жр̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȑtva
lang: Slovak
word: obeť
lang: Slovene
word: žrtev
lang: Spanish
word: víctima
lang: Swedish
word: offer
lang: Thai
word: เหยื่อ
roman: yʉ̀ʉa
lang: Turkish
word: kurban
lang: Ukrainian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: Ukrainian
word: офі́ра
roman: ofíra
lang: Vietnamese
word: lễ vật
lang: Afrikaans
word: slagoffer
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́ртва
roman: žértva
lang: French
word: victime
lang: Hebrew
word: חָלָל
roman: khalal