Just-world hypothesis - to the tendency for people to want to believe that the world is just ,so strongly that when they witness an otherwise inexplicable injustice they will rationalize it by searching for things that the victim might have done to deserve it. This deflects their anxiety, and lets them continue to believe the world is a just place, but often at the expense of blaming victims for things that were not, objectively, their fault.
Also known as blaming the victim, the just-world fallacy, and the just-world effect.
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May 13, 2010
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That is so, so true Ashutosh.. Thanks for sharing.
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