'victimization' definitions:
Definition of 'victimization'
(from WordNet)
noun
Adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
noun
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization" [syn: exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using]
Synonyms of 'victimization'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bamboozlement,
- befooling,
- bluffing,
- calculated deception,
- circumvention,
- conning,
- deceiving,
- deception,
- deceptiveness,
- defrauding,
- delusion,
- delusiveness,
- dupery,
- enmeshment,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- entrapment,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- flimflam,
- flimflammery,
- fond illusion,
- fooling,
- hallucination,
- harassment,
- harrying,
- hoodwinking,
- hounding,
- illusion,
- kidding,
- McCarthyism,
- mirage,
- oppression,
- outwitting,
- overreaching,
- persecution,
- phantasm,
- putting on,
- red-baiting,
- self-deception,
- snow job,
- song and dance,
- spoofery,
- spoofing,
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- tormenting,
- trickiness,
- tricking,
- vision,
- willful misconception,
- wishful thinking,
- witch-hunt,
- witch-hunting