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Abuse
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:''This article is about the ethics-related issue of abuse. For the computer game, see
Abuse (computer game)''.
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'''Abuse''' is a general term for the ''use'' or ''treatment'' of something (person, thing, idea, etc.) that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person or thing, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) or is unlawful or wrongful. Its close synonyms are '''mistreatment''' and '''maltreatment'''. The word "misuse" has a more distant meaning of incorrect, uneducated use, not necessary harmful.
Abuse can be something as simple as damaging a piece of equipment through using it the wrong way, or as serious as severe maltreatment of a person. Abuse may be direct and overt, or may be disguised and covert.
Several types of abuse include:
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Sexual abuse: The improper use of another person for sexual purposes, generally without their consent or under physical or psychological pressure (which may include children whether abused by parents, those ''
in loco parentis'' or strangers).
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Physical abuse: Where one person inflicts physical violence or pain on another.
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Emotional abuse or
psychological abuse:
coercion,
humiliation,
intimidation,
relational aggression,
parental alienation or covert
incest: Where one person uses
emotional or
psychology psychological coercion to compel another to do something they do not want, or is not in their best interests; or when one person manipulates another's emotional or psychological state for their own ends (see
battered person syndrome), or commits psychological aggression using ostensibly non-violent methods to inflict mental or emotional violence or pain on another.
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Drug abuse: the misuse of drugs,
alcohol or other substances, usually a form of
addiction.
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Child abuse: Abuse, usually physical, emotional or sexual, directed at a child.
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Incest: Sexual activity between close family members.
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Spousal abuse (or
domestic violence): Abuse, usually physical, or psychological abuse, directed at one's spouse.
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Elder abuse: Abuse, most often physical or in the form of psychological threats, directed at the elderly, especially in
nursing homes and similar institutions.
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Human rights abuse: Violation of
human rights.
*Verbal abuse: The use of
profanity foul language, obscenities or demeaning talk directed at another.
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Animal abuse: Abuse or cruelty directed at animals.
*Legal abuse:
Vexatious litigation or
malicious prosecution to retaliate, coerce, or emotionally/financially harm a person.
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Physical abuse'''
Torture /
Child abuse
Corporal punishment Severe corporal punishment
Domestic violence
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Psychological abuse'''
Humiliation /
Intimidation
Mobbing /
Bullying
Hate speech /
Manipulation
Stalking /
Relational aggression
Parental alienation
Psychological
torture
Psychiatric
torture
Mind Control /
Shunning
Coercive persuasion
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Sexual abuse'''
Incest / Covert
Incest
Child sexual abuse
Rape /
Sexual abuse
Sexual harassment
Genital cutting
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Child abuse /
Domestic violence
Elder abuse /
Workplace bullying
Prisoner abuse /
Cruelty to animals Animal abuse
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Police brutality
Human experimentation
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