DARVO

English Etymology acronym of “Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender”. Coined by Jennifer J. Freyd in “Violations of power, adaptive blindness, and betrayal trauma theory” (1997), Feminism & Psychology. Pronunciation en /ˈdɑː.vəʊ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-DARVO.wav Southern England en /ˈdɑɹ.voʊ/ GA en ɑː(ɹ)vəʊ 2 en dar vo Noun - en deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender. en w:Brian Stelter Matt Lauer responds to rape allegation from Ronan Farrow’s ‘Catch & Kill’ w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/media/matt-lauer-ronan-farrow 2020-05-20 And Nevils tweeted the acronym DARVO and spelled it out: “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.” DARVO is a “perpetrator strategy,” according to the professor who coined the term, Jennifer Freyd. https://web.archive.org/web/20250710001902/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/media/matt-lauer-ronan-farrow en Jayna Bardahl College football’s overrated, underrated teams: Ole Miss, Duke and Alabama w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4855988/2023/09/12/college-football-rankings-until-saturday/ 2023-09-12 Tracy directly replied to Tucker’s statement saying, “This is just more of the same DARVO, deflection, victim blaming and lies that I’ve been dealing with now for months.” https://web.archive.org/web/20240515200539/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4855988/2023/09/12/college-football-rankings-until-saturday/ en See also en crybully<qq:a person who uses this tactic> gaslight#Verb<alt:gaslighting> metastasis<qq:a similar strategy in rhetoric> Anagrams en adorv Davor Vardø vardo en Crime Human behaviour