cyberviolence
cyberviolence noun: violence, or its equivalent, carried out in cyberspace or on the Internet.
Noun
cyberviolence (uncountable)
- Violence, or its equivalent, carried out in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- At one end of the spectrum of cyberviolence lies hate speech, which tends to impact upon specific social, political or religious groups.2001, David Wall, Crime and the Internet
- Cybercrime often involves cyberviolence that puts the personal safety of citizens at risk through, for example, the manipulation of the emotions...2001, Eugene McLaughlin, John Muncie, The Sage Dictionary of Criminology
Examples of cyberviolence in a sentence
- At the core of rape, domestic violence, pedophilia, cyberviolence, and other interactions, one discovers precisely a way of being that is grounded in domination and reduces others simply to objects.2003, Eric W Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime:
- ...threats of personal violence, actual acts of cyberviolence (spamming those making the assertions)...2005, Janet Staiger, Media reception studies:
Origin of cyberviolence
From cyber- + violence.
Questions about cyberviolence
- What does cyberviolence mean?
- Cyberviolence means violence, or its equivalent, carried out in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- How do you use cyberviolence in a sentence?
- At the core of rape, domestic violence, pedophilia, cyberviolence, and other interactions, one discovers precisely a way of being that is grounded in domination and reduces others simply to objects.
- What part of speech is cyberviolence?
- Cyberviolence is a noun.
Words near cyberviolence in the dictionary
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