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vic·tim men·tal·i·ty

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  1. Victim mentality

    Victim mentality is an acquired personality trait in which a person tends to recognize or consider themselves as a victim of the negative actions of others, and to behave as if this were the case in the face of contrary evidence of such circumstances. Victim mentality depends on clear thought processes and attribution. In some cases, those with a victim mentality have in fact been the victim of wrongdoing by others or have otherwise suffered misfortune through no fault of their own. However, such misfortune does not necessarily imply that one will respond by developing a pervasive and universal victim mentality where one frequently or constantly perceives oneself to be a victim.The term is also used in reference to the tendency for recognizing one's misfortunes on somebody else's misdeeds, which is also referred to as victimism.Victim mentality is primarily developed, for example, from family members and situations during childhood. Similarly, criminals often engage in victim thinking, believing themselves to be moral and engaging in crime only as a reaction to an immoral world and furthermore feeling that authorities are unfairly singling them out for persecution.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of victim mentality in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of victim mentality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of victim mentality in a Sentence

  1. Travis Manion Foundation -RRB- Ross:

    I had such a victim mentality of like, poor me, I lost my brother. I can't get over this. It was something that just changed me, and when I found TMF [Travis Manion Foundation], they had flipped the script for me. It was no longer such a negative thing, it turned into a positive because of the community that they have created and the support that comes along with their community.

  2. Steve Maraboli:

    A victim mentality is a prolonged form of suicide."

  3. Courtesy Kassandra Jones -RRB-:

    Part of the reason I got the MBA was that I wasn't going to keep this victim mentality with student loans.

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