victimhood

[vik-tim-hood]

noun

1. the condition of being a victim; the status of a victim.

Example Sentences

While the Chinese see Japanese aggression as a defining, and devastating, moment in their past, Japanese history focuses on its own victimhood - the destruction caused by the atom bombs and post-war recovery.

From BBC

There was some truth in what he claimed and much victimhood nonsense.

From BBC

South Africa's ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, was also expelled in March after accusing Trump of "mobilising a supremacism" and trying to "project white victimhood as a dog whistle".

From BBC

Caldwell’s narrative was pure victimhood: He argued that his Pentagon tenure threatened “established interests,” and he dismissed leak accusations.

From Los Angeles Times

A similar point can be made about the tendency for interpersonal victimhood.

From Salon