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The person something happened TO, now starring in everyone else's cautionary tale.
means Someone harmed, cheated, or destroyed by a person, event, or circumstance beyond their control.
from From Latin victima, the animal sacrificed to the gods — so the original victim literally bled on an altar to make someone else feel better.
Sacred rootOnce meant a ritual sacrifice, not a survivor.
Blame creepVictim-blaming wasn't named until the 1970s.
Grammar twinShares its sacrificial root with no soothing synonym.