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Violence vs. Nonviolence — What's the Difference?

Violence vs. Nonviolence — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Violence and Nonviolence

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Violence

Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other 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."Internationally, violence resulted in deaths of an estimated 1.28 million people in 2013 up from 1.13 million in 1990.

Nonviolence

Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to one's self and others under every condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosophy of abstention from violence.

Violence

Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury
The violence of the rioters.

Nonviolence

Lack of violence.

Violence

Intense force or great power, as in natural phenomena
The violence of a tornado.
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Nonviolence

The doctrine, policy, or practice of rejecting violence in favor of peaceful tactics as a means of gaining political objectives.

Violence

Extreme or powerful emotion or expression
The violence of their tirades.

Nonviolence

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

Violence

Distortion of meaning or intent
Do violence to a text.

Nonviolence

The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.

Violence

Extreme force.
The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

Nonviolence

Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

Violence

Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

Violence

Widespread fighting.
Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

Violence

(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
The translation does violence to the original novel.

Violence

(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation

Violence

(nonstandard) To subject to violence.

Violence

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
That sealYou ask with such a violence, the king,Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me.
All the elementsAt least had gone to wrack, disturbed and tornWith the violence of this conflict.

Violence

Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
Do violence to do man.
We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge.
Looking down, he sawThe whole earth filled with violence.

Violence

Ravishment; rape; constupration.

Violence

To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.

Violence

An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);
He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one

Violence

The property of being wild or turbulent;
The storm's violence

Violence

A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

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