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Symbolic violence

term coined by the 20th-century French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu
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Summary

Symbolic violence is a sociological concept[1]. It draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #25 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • Symbolic violence's instance of is recorded as sociological concept[3].
  • Symbolic violence is a type of sociological terminology[4].
  • Symbolic violence's facet of is recorded as violence[5].
  • Symbolic violence's studied by is recorded as sociology[6].
  • Symbolic violence's theorized by is recorded as Pierre Bourdieu[7].

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Definition and Type

Symbolic violence's instance of is recorded as sociological concept[3]. It is a type of sociological terminology[4].

Why It Matters

Symbolic violence draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #25 of 51).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Pierre Bourdieu sociology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · حاتم البوعناني · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → violence
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11h18scvzp, /g/11f8p2xpmy
    Instance of → sociological concept
    Studied by → sociology
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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