Usually means: Study of victims and victimization.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word victimology:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. victimology: Merriam-Webster
  2. victimology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. victimology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. victimology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. victimology: Wordnik
  6. victimology: Wiktionary
  7. victimology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. victimology: Dictionary.com
  9. Victimology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. victimology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. victimology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See victimologist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (victimology)

noun:  The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
noun:  The attitude of seeing oneself as a victim, especially in a way that is self-absorbed or indulgent.

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