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Process of unfair treatment by authority
Structural abuse is the process by which an individual or group is dealt with unfairly by a social or cultural system or authority. This unfairness manifests
Structural_abuse
Improper usage or mistreatment
described in law as "harassment" or similar terms. Structural abuse is sexual, emotional or physical abuse that is imposed on an individual or group by a
Abuse
Form of violence
Structural violence is a form of violence where in some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic
Structural_violence
Causing rape of trans prisoners for social control
inmate. The term has also been used to refer to the broader systemic sexual abuse of trans women in male prisons. In 2025, more than 2,000 trans women were
V-coding
Maltreatment or neglect of a child
from child abuse may cause structural and functional changes within the brain, and therefore cause emotional and social disruptions. Abused children can
Child_abuse
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Racism_by_country
Form of institutional discrimination
Structural discrimination is a form of institutional discrimination against individuals of a given protected characteristic, such as race, gender, caste
Structural_discrimination
Mistreatment of imprisoned people by authorities
Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Prisoner abuse can include physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual
Prisoner_abuse
Notion that elites deserve more influence
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Elitism
Aversion to one's home or homeland
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Oikophobia
Race or ethnic-based discrimination
dispensers and facial recognition systems. Institutional racism (also known as structural racism, state racism, or systemic racism) is racial discrimination by
Racism
Attraction to foreign people, cultures or customs
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Xenophilia
Reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and members of religious orders have been documented in numerous countries. Beginning in the
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases
Prejudice against, or hatred of, men
during the 1980s in men's rights literature and academic literature on structural sexism. In the internet age, use of the term has become common within
Misandry
Societal assumption about relationships
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Amatonormativity
Belief in the superiority of white people
supremacy" also refers to a social system in which white people enjoy structural advantages (privilege) over other ethnic groups, on both a collective
White_supremacy
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
revolutionary), Cultural (Jews regarded as undermining the moral and structural fiber of civilization). Religious antisemitism, also known as anti-Judaism
Antisemitism
Workplace phenomenon affecting women in leadership roles
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Glass_cliff
Social classification practised in India
carcasses into their homes or compounds; land grabbing; humiliation; sexual abuse". The National Crime Records Bureau includes statistics of crimes reported
Caste_system_in_India
Communication causing harm to reputation
31 of the Penal Code establishes that crimes committed with abuse of power or with abuse of a profession or art, or with the violation of a duty inherent
Defamation
Negative attitudes and feelings, or hostility towards, poverty and poor people
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Aporophobia
Marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
ISBN 978-1-4000-7866-0. Truluck, Rembert S. (2000). Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse. Gaithersburg, MD: Chi Rho Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1-888493-16-0. Wolfson,
Same-sex_marriage
Government favoritism
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Cronyism
Aversion to bisexual people
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Biphobia
Belief in superiority of black people
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Black_supremacy
Medical condition
Substance misuse, also known as drug misuse or, in older vernacular, substance abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual
Substance_abuse
Fear and dislike of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange
legal and other rights or basic services and are exposed to exploitation, abuse, manipulation and a wide range of other protection risks, including racism
Xenophobia
Violent acts against women and girls
physical and mental aggression, emotional and psychological abuse, rape and sexual abuse, incest, rape between spouses, regular or occasional partners
Violence_against_women
Theory of discrimination
were stereotyped as brutish and subjected to both gendered and racialized abuse. These observations were largely dismissed by many white feminists of the
Intersectionality
Mental or emotional harm inflicted on a person
Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person knowingly or intentionally exposing
Psychological_abuse
Dissociative hallucinogenic drug, mostly used recreationally
invulnerability as well as a numbing effect on the mind. Studies by the Drug Abuse Warning Network in the 1970s show that media reports of PCP-induced violence
Phencyclidine
Indigenous stereotype
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Vanishing_Indian
Extrajudicial killing by a group
(January 1994), "Collaborators in the Occupied Territories: Human Rights Abuses and Violations" Archived July 15, 2004, at the Wayback Machine (Microsoft
Lynching
Discriminatory practices against certain social groups
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Untouchability
Form of political manipulation
If the ruling party is in charge of drawing the district lines, it can abuse the fact that in a majoritarian system all votes that do not go to the winning
Gerrymandering
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender
States suffer "the combination of anti-transgender bias and persistent, structural and individual racism" and that "black transgender people live in extreme
Sexism
Fundamental rights belonging to all humans
contributing to family income, has successfully reduced child labor. Human rights abuses are monitored by United Nations committees, national institutions and governments
Human_rights
Abuse of members of the same household
or cohabitation. In a broader sense, abuse including non-physical abuse in such settings is called domestic abuse. The term domestic violence is often
Domestic_violence
Series of murders of Iraqi teenagers in 2012
always been taboo, and many LGBT people in Iraq are discriminated against, abused or murdered. Activists say anti-gay harassment has increased since the invasion
2012_emo_killings_in_Iraq
Abuse or intimidation of others
of force, coercion, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggressively dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is
Bullying
Abuse in professional settings
Professional abuse is "a pattern of conduct in which a person abuses, violates, or takes advantage of a victim within the context of the abuser's profession
Professional_abuse
beatings and solitary confinement, with many also reporting severe sexual abuse. Transgender inmates are also routinely denied access to medical care, both
Persecution of transgender people under the second Trump administration
Persecution_of_transgender_people_under_the_second_Trump_administration
Discrimination against Islam or Muslims
in the United States Peace in Islam Persecution of Muslims Religious abuse – Abuse administered through religion Religious intolerance – Intolerance of
Islamophobia
Person who treats others with disdain
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Snob
Process of ending racial segregation
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Racial_integration
Ownership of people as property
out in response to disobedience or perceived infractions, but sometimes abuse was carried out to re-assert the dominance of the master or overseer of
Slavery
Social issue in Japan
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Discrimination_against_Otaku
Antisemitic trope
elites are harvesting adrenochrome from children through Satanic ritual abuse in order to become immortal. In February 2022, a sculpture of Simon of Trent
Blood_libel
Index of articles associated with the same name
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Ethnicism
Violence against and bullying of LGBTQ people
Gay bashing is an attack, abuse, or assault committed against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or
Gay_bashing
Political messaging using coded language
Reagan to describe Linda Taylor, an African-American woman who illegally abused the welfare system in the 1970s. While Taylor's actions were clearly unlawful
Dog_whistle_(politics)
Intentional killing of trans women
transfeminist activists in Latin America, who sought to describe the heighted structural violence trans women in the region face by expanding the concept of femicide
Transfemicide
Prejudice against, or hatred of, women
the "overwhelmingly impersonal, repetitive, stereotyped quality" of the abuse, the fact that "all of us are being called the same things, in the same
Misogyny
Laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S.
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Jim_Crow_laws
Intentional destruction of a people
Convention, most genocide scholars believe that both cultural genocide and structural violence should be included in the definition of genocide if committed
Genocide
Behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others
animals, verbal abuse, erasing one's voice from discourse), symbolically (e.g., imagery), or physically (e.g., chattel slavery, physical abuse, refusing eye
Dehumanization
Modern form of ostracism and informal censorship
movement. The #MeToo movement encouraged women and men to call out their abusers on a forum where the accusations would be heard, especially against very
Cancel_culture
Process by which something becomes accepted within a society
Legitimation crisis Machiavellianism Rationalization (psychology) Structural abuse Symbolic violence Zuckerman, E. W. (1999) “The categorical imperative:
Legitimation
Form of workplace bullying and no-win situation
Professional abuse Psychological abuse Physical abuse Police brutality Religious abuse Social abuse Sexual abuse Stalking Structural abuse Substance abuse Alcohol
Setting_up_to_fail
Hawaiian school bullying incidents
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Kill_Haole_Day
Exhibition of physically unusual humans
performers, since more frequent shows sold more tickets. Many entertainers were abused by small-time museum operators, kept to grueling schedules, and given only
Freak_show
Negative attitudes towards homosexual people
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Homophobia
Sentiment against the Dutch people
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Anti-Dutch_sentiment
German word meaning "subhuman", used by the Nazis
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Untermensch
Systemic denial of services to some areas
redlining. Infusing clinical training with structural awareness allows healthcare providers to consider the structural barriers that shape patients' health
Redlining
Unsightly beggar ordinances in the United States
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Ugly_law
Official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes
Hatred or fear of anything Brazilian
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Anti-Brazilian_sentiment
Ability of the brain to continuously change
to the reward. Drugs of abuse increase the VTA's ability to project dopamine to the rest of the reward circuit. These structural changes only last 7–10
Neuroplasticity
Adoption of a different religion or irreligion under duress
generalisations and poorly substantiated claims around the nature and scale of abuse of Sikh girls and causal factors driving it. It appealed heavily to historical
Forced_conversion
Condition present at birth regardless of cause
range from mild to severe. Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems are seen with the shape of a body part and
Birth_defect
Country in Central Asia
reform strategy has involved postponing significant macroeconomic and structural reforms. The state in the hands of the bureaucracy has remained a dominant
Uzbekistan
Aversion towards one's own ethnic group
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Endophobia
Class of drugs
as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects
Anabolic_steroid
Violent attack on an ethnic or religious group
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Pogrom
Range of socio-political movements and ideologies
experiences across cultures and histories. Post-structural feminism draws on the philosophies of post-structuralism and deconstruction in order to argue that
Feminism
Racism against Romani people
toxic landfill. The Italian photographer, Livio Mancini, denounced the abuse of his photograph, which was originally taken to demonstrate the plight
Anti-Romani_sentiment
Measures to avoid offense or disadvantage
"any of a wide variety of anti-establishment modes of thought from structuralism and poststructuralism, deconstruction, and Lacanian analyst to feminist
Political_correctness
Farhat, Youssef (2025-06-10). "Racial Profiling & Mass Deportations: Rights Abuses of People of Haitian Descent in the Dominican Republic". Center for Human
Anti-Haitian sentiment in the Dominican Republic
Anti-Haitian_sentiment_in_the_Dominican_Republic
Marginalized castes in India and South Asia
labour, denial of access to water and other public amenities, and sexual abuse. The Act permitted Special Courts exclusively to try POA cases. The Act
Dalit
Systematic removal of a certain ethnic or religious group
Ther, Philipp (2004). "The Spell of the Homogeneous Nation State: Structural Factors and Agents of Ethnic Cleansing". In Munz, Rainer; Ohliger, Rainer
Ethnic_cleansing
Standards of dress associated with gender
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Gender-based_dress_codes
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Age disparity in sexual relationships
Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships
Online feminist movement
for internet activism Me Too movement – Social movement against sexual abuse and harassmentPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Feminist
YesAllWomen
Forceful removal of people considered undesirable
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Purge
Prejudice towards Nigeria or Nigerian people
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Anti-Nigerian_sentiment
Excessive preoccupation with oneself
applied "narcissism" as a label for the self-serving and for all domestic abusers. Two primary expressions of narcissism have been identified: grandiose
Narcissism
Substance abuse of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol abuse encompasses a spectrum of alcohol-related substance abuse. This spectrum can range from being mild, moderate, or severe. This can look like
Alcohol_abuse
Being opposed to non-citizens entering another country
Retrieved 25 January 2017. "Germany Announces Crackdown on Immigrant 'Welfare Abuse'". VICE News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2017. "The Welfare Use
Opposition_to_immigration
Discrimination on the basis of social class
to deviance (alcoholism, drug abuse, crime, mental illness) or dependency, often without addressing underlying structural issues. More sympathetic framing
Class_discrimination
Overview of genocides from 2000
boys from Kobani aged 14–16 were abducted and subjected to torture and abuse, according to Human Rights Watch. In the Syrian towns of Ghraneij, Abu Haman
21st-century_genocides
Chemical compound
due to safety concerns including problems with abuse and dependence. It is closely related on a structural level to a number of other cathinone stimulants
Pyrovalerone
Catchphrase and internet meme
relationships with children, or their families or caregivers, in order to sexually abuse them. Originally, "OK groomer" was used on social media to address YouTube
OK_boomer
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White genocide conspiracy theory
White_genocide_conspiracy_theory
Discrimination against Spanish or Latin Americans
individual prejudice, but as a phenomenon embedded within historical and structural systems of racial and colonial power, which produce and sustain the “othering”
Hispanophobia
Policies aiming to increase inclusion of people from marginalized groups
nor their national or ethnic origins are considered; the emphasis is on structural disadvantages, especially neighborhood socioeconomic status and high school
Affirmative_action
Fear of growing old, or a hatred for or fear of older adults
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Gerontophobia
Unwanted sexual attention or advances
to sexual abuse or sexual assault. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal employment discrimination in many countries, and is a form of abuse (sexual and
Sexual_harassment
Sociological concept
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Reverse_sexism
Measure of social prejudice
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Allport's_Scale
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Boy/Male
Muslim
Solid structure
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cattleman, from Middle English stott ‘steer’, ‘bullock’. The term was also occasionally used in Middle English of a horse or of a heifer (and so as a term of abuse for a woman), and these senses may also lie behind some examples of the surname.
Boy/Male
Indian
Good Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Boy/Male
Indian
Solid structure
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches, from an agent derivative of Pilch. In early 17th-century English, pilcher was a popular term of abuse, being confused or punningly associated with the unrelated verb pilch ‘to steal’ and with the unrelated noun pilchard, a kind of fish.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shape, Structure
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Gujarati, Indian, Muslim
Solid Structure; Lifetime
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri
Body Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
Faithful or abused wife.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wattler, Middle English watelere, i.e. someone who made the panels of interwoven twigs that were used to fill the spaces between the structural timbers of a timber frame building. See also Dauber.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French brachet, denoting a type of hound. The word was also used as a term of abuse.Captain Richard Brackett (1610–c. 1691) came to Boston, MA, in about 1629, and moved to Braintree, MA, in 1641.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
The Structure of God
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
Faithful or abused wife.
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Female
Bulgarian
(Светлана), light.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
A Small Crane
Boy/Male
Irish
Pain. Also a War.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Flame, Blaze
Girl/Female
Muslim
One who forgives, Forgiver
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Snake; Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
German American Irish Celtic English French
from the Old German 'athal' meaning noble.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Poetess.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Desire
Boy/Male
Indian
Understanding, Knowledge
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n.
Union of parts; structure.
n.
Composition, or structure.
n.
Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
a.
Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
n.
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
n.
Framework; structure; edifice; building.
a.
Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.
a.
Of lofty structure; tall.
a.
Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
n.
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
n.
Organic structure; organization.
n.
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
a.
Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
a.
Resembling shale in structure.
n.
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
a.
Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
a.
Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
v. t.
To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
n.
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
a.
A typical, structural unit; a type.