Noun
victimhood (usually uncountable, plural victimhoods)
The state or perception of being a victim.
Synonym: victimism
Along with our passivity, we're entering a profoundly masochistic phase - everyone is a victim these days, of parents, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, even love itself. And how much we enjoy it. Our happiest moments are spent trying to think up new varieties of victimhood... J. G. Ballard
Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. Christopher Hitchens
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead, would spawn a comforting self-pity. Dean Koontz
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood. Alan Ball
With a little effort, we can help fat people help themselves. But first we have to make sure that "fat acceptance", perhaps the most alarming and irresponsible idea to come out of leftist victimhood and grievancean politics, is given the heart attack it deserves. Milo Yiannopoulos
The cultivation -- even celebration -- of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture of complaint. George Will