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Re:Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolen... by homonculus1 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:55AM (#21269392)
Violence is always physical, by definition. Sometimes the word is also used for poetic effect though.
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Re:Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolen... by bovermyer on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:27AM (#21270073)
May I refer you to the second definition of violence, per Merriam Webster?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence

Violence, by definition, is not always physical.

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Re:Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolen... by temp1999 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:08PM (#21274184)
The same dictionary that defines literally as both literal and not literal. Dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive, and so they also account for incorrect but common usage.
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Re:Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolen... by munmaek on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:28AM (#21281786)
If enough people use literally in that manner than it is indeed correct. This is how language works, regardless if you like the change or not. Languages are always evolving and dictionaries reflect that.
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Re:Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolen... by bovermyer on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:57PM (#21277480)
In the same vein, language is constantly in flux, so defining a thing as "just so" is at best a temporary accuracy.
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