Abusee

/əˈbjuːziː/ noun

Definition

A person who is treated with cruelty or violence by someone else.

Etymology

From abuse (Latin abusus, 'misused') + -ee (suffix indicating recipient), following the pattern of employee and payee to create a noun for someone receiving an action.

Kelly Says

The word 'abusee' is rarely used in modern English because we find it uncomfortable to label people by their trauma—it's a linguistic reminder of how language shapes our relationship with difficult subjects.

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