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What (who) is structural violence - definition
Structural violence
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FORM OF VIOLENCE WHEREIN SOME SOCIAL STRUCTURE OR SOCIAL INSTITUTION MAY HARM PEOPLE BY PREVENTING THEM FROM MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS
Systemic violence; Cultural violence
Structural violence is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs.
violence
![[[Bahrain]]'s pro-democracy protesters killed by military, February 2011](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdulredha Buhmaid on floor.jpeg?width=200 "[[Bahrain]]'s pro-democracy protesters killed by military, February 2011")
![Meeting of victims of [[sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DRC raped women.jpg?width=200 "Meeting of victims of [[sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]].")
![[[Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall]] (JBM-HH) roundtable addressing digital stalking, ties to intimate partner violence](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JBM-HH roundtable addresses digital stalking, ties to intimate partner violence 150113-A-DZ999-852.jpg?width=200 "[[Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall]] (JBM-HH) roundtable addressing digital stalking, ties to intimate partner violence")
![The [[Kids off the Block]] memorial featuring hundreds of simple stone blocks, one for each child killed by violence in [[Roseland, Chicago]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kids off the Block Rocks in grass IMG 4815.JPG?width=200 "The [[Kids off the Block]] memorial featuring hundreds of simple stone blocks, one for each child killed by violence in [[Roseland, Chicago]]")
![The [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]] of French Protestants, 1572](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La masacre de San Bartolomé, por François Dubois.jpg?width=200 "The [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]] of French Protestants, 1572")
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![''Saul attacks David'' (who had been playing music to help Saul feel better), 1860 woodcut by [[Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 093.png?width=200 "''Saul attacks David'' (who had been playing music to help Saul feel better), 1860 woodcut by [[Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld]]")
![[[Taliban]] beating woman in public](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taliban beating woman in public RAWA.jpg?width=200 "[[Taliban]] beating woman in public")
![Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland]], December 1939](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Bochnia massacre German-occupied Poland 1939.jpg?width=200 "Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland]], December 1939")
![A United States [[M8 Greyhound]] armoured car in [[Paris]] during World War II](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UStankParis-edit1.jpg?width=200 "A United States [[M8 Greyhound]] armoured car in [[Paris]] during World War II")
![The percentages of men killed in war in eight tribal societies. (Lawrence H. Keeley, Archeologist, ''[[War Before Civilization]]'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/War deaths caused by warfare.svg?width=200 "The percentages of men killed in war in eight tribal societies. (Lawrence H. Keeley, Archeologist, ''[[War Before Civilization]]'')")
USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR POWER FOR COERCION OR AS PUNISHMENT
Coordinated violence; Violently; Violence of the Law; History of violence; Recreational violence; Violent; Interpersonal violence; Violance; Collective violence; Physical violence; Violence prevention; Violent tendencies; Violent behavior; Non-physician violence; Economic effects of violence; Prevention of violence; Epidemiology of violence; Philosophical perspectives on violence; Passive violence; Youth violence; Violence against elderly people
n.
1.
Vehemence, impetuosity, boisterousness, force.
2.
Passion, fury, fierceness, wildness, rage.
3.
Outrage, injustice, injury, wrong.
4.
Sharpness, acuteness, severity, poignancy, intensity.
5.
Ravishment, rape, constupration.
violent
USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR POWER FOR COERCION OR AS PUNISHMENT
Coordinated violence; Violently; Violence of the Law; History of violence; Recreational violence; Violent; Interpersonal violence; Violance; Collective violence; Physical violence; Violence prevention; Violent tendencies; Violent behavior; Non-physician violence; Economic effects of violence; Prevention of violence; Epidemiology of violence; Philosophical perspectives on violence; Passive violence; Youth violence; Violence against elderly people
¦ adjective
1. using or involving violence.
2. very intense, forceful, or powerful: violent dislike.
Derivatives
violently adverb
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. violent- 'violent'.
Examples of use of structural violence
1. And let‘s not have any of that tired old higher nonsense about "structural violence" or "repressive tolerance". This violence was unjustified and criminal, but perhaps it was also effective.