wiktymologia

See also: wiktymologią

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French victimologie,[1] from Latin victima +‎ -o- +‎ -logia.[2] First attested in 1949.[3] Compare Silesian wiktymologijŏ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vik.tɘ.mɔˈlɔ.ɡja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡja
  • Syllabification: wik‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gia

Noun

wiktymologia f (related adjective wiktymologiczny)

  1. victimology (the study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • wiktymolog

References

  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “wiktymologia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “wiktymologia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Nowe książki[2] (in Polish), Wydawn. Wspołczesne RSW "Prasa-Książki-Ruch,", 1949, page 3

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