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structural violence

form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs
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structural violence

Summary

structural violence is a type of violence[1]. It draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_violence category, ranking #8 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • structural violence's instance of is recorded as type of violence[3].
  • structural violence is a type of violence[4].
  • structural violence's facet of is recorded as structural discrimination[5].
  • structural violence's different from is recorded as structural abuse[6].
  • structural violence's studied by is recorded as social philosophy[7].
  • structural violence's named by is recorded as Johan Galtung[8].

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Context

structural violence's instance of is recorded as type of violence[3].

Why It Matters

structural violence draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_violence category, ranking #8 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Johan Galtung

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named by → Johan Galtung
    Instance of → type of violence
    Aliases → —
    Different from → structural abuse
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25652, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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