Abuse

Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a person or thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit.^[1] Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression.^[2] To these descriptions, one can also add the Kantian notion of the wrongness of using another human being as means to an end rather than as ends in themselves.^[3] Some sources describe abuse as "socially constructed",^[4] which means there may be more or less recognition of the suffering of a victim at different times and societies.^[5]

^ Abuse – Defined at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 2013 [Word first known to have been used in the 15th century]. Retrieved 28 December 2013. abuse [may be defined as the following]...to treat (a person or animal) in a harsh or harmful way...[or] to use or treat (something) in a way that causes damage [or] to use (something) wrongly
^ peak, Esteem (25 June 2024). "Difference Between Violence and Abuse?". Esteempeak. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ McCluskey, Una; Hooper, Carol-Ann (2000). Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 978-1853026850.
^ Holschuh, Lukas (19 August 2014). "ON VIOLENCE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT: AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN". Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. 13 (1).
^ Doyle, Celia; Timms, Charles (2014). Child Neglect and Emotional Abuse: Understanding, Assessment and Response. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. p. 8. ISBN 9780857022301.

[1] Abuse – Defined at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 2013 [Word first known to have been used in the 15th century]. Retrieved 28 December 2013. abuse [may be defined as the following]...to treat (a person or animal) in a harsh or harmful way...[or] to use or treat (something) in a way that causes damage [or] to use (something) wrongly

[2] , Esteem (25 June 2024). "Difference Between Violence and Abuse?". Esteempeak. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[3] McCluskey, Una; Hooper, Carol-Ann (2000). Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 978-1853026850.

[4] Holschuh, Lukas (19 August 2014). "ON VIOLENCE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT: AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN". Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. 13 (1).

[5] Doyle, Celia; Timms, Charles (2014). Child Neglect and Emotional Abuse: Understanding, Assessment and Response. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. p. 8. ISBN 9780857022301.

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