Sentence examples for functional violence from inspiring English sources
There is a difference between functional violence and the appearance of violence.
Functional violence is a part of the frame of a game, in the pushing of levers and destroying of tokens, the stealing of resources and so on.
Functional violence is just another way of saying that the player causes change in the game environment, and that usually involves destruction, theft, alteration, beating, hitting, shooting or some other activity that – at some level – is violent.
By offering a functional alternative to political violence and social unrest the quartet had helped Tunisians to avoid a civil war.
Whether the overdue arrival of an ostensibly functional government has any effect on the violence spilling across the border remains to be seen.
Women had significantly higher functional disabilities and suffered from various forms of violence, abuse, and harassment (Basu and Murthy 2003).
The Silk Road was a functional and orderly marketplace that reduced some of the violence associated with the illicit market.
Where sanctions are strong and functional (legal or cultural), IPV can decrease because of controlled violence within those societies.
It was the use of violence to further political goals, which is a pretty functional definition of the term.
Once renovations to this building are completed, the FSC will be fully functional and will provide essential counselling and case management services to violence survivors like Margaret.
When fully functional, the FSVAC will be the primary body providing services to survivors of gender based violence and bringing perpetrators of violence based crimes to justice.
