Täter-Opfer-Umkehr

German

Etymology

From Täter (“perpetrator”) + Opfer (“victim”) + Umkehr (“reversal, turning around”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tä‧ter-Op‧fer-Um‧kehr

Noun

Täter-Opfer-Umkehr f (genitive Täter-Opfer-Umkehr, no plural)

  1. (psychology, sociology, law) victim-blaming; perpetrator-victim reversal (the act or an instance of reversing the roles of perpetrator and victim, often by blaming the victim for the perpetrator's actions)

Synonyms

  • Opferbeschuldigung
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