Violence

late 13c., "physical force used to inflict injury or damage," from Anglo-French and Old French violence (13c.), from Latin violentia"vehemence, impetuosity,"Violence is "the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy."[2] 
In the meantime he hopes the book will help start a public conversation about change. In that debate a question is likely to recur as to how or why human society came to be stuck in the paradigm he and Graeber describe, one in which violence and inequality are normalised.Guardian.com
== Human violence. ==
Although violence is at the heart of human existence, there is every reason to assert the primacy of man over everything. In the name of such a postulate, the mission of politicians and all and to promote the emergence of a civilization which makes our planet "a land of men". We must think that man is perfectible for progress to make sense."Elie Chancelin" https://touslesconcours.info/97-francais-aux-concours/sujets-corriges-de-culture-generale/434-la-politique-est-une-guerre-sans-effusion-de-sang-et-la-guerre-une-politique-avec-effusion-de-sang. R. Jul 5, 2020, from Iceland by Collegatus.
In its more limited sense, violence is an overt act of destruction, the exertion of physical force which is meant to affect another, or a type of behaviour that is designed to inflict personal injury to people or damage to property. When sanctioned by custom or tradition through the institutions of society it becomes institutionalized, especially in the most dramatic form as war. [UIA.r.19]Violent acts are often motivated, rather than countermanded, by ethical norms.— Paul Bloom, November 20, 2017Less conventional definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation."[3]
Types of violence: Undue abortion; Unjust abortion; Abuse; Violation
== Rhizomata ==
* See: Force; Institutionalized violence; Misanthropy
* See conversely: Altruism
* "Words are violence"; Transgression; Transgression in mockery; Rationalisation of violence
* "Justification of violence"; Just force;
Category:Aggression
Category:Harm
Category:Crime