Verbal Abuse

(noun)

A form of emotionally abusive behavior involving the use of language.

Related Terms

Examples of Verbal Abuse in the following topics:

  • Family Violence

    • Verbal abuse is a form of emotionally abusive behavior involving the use of language.
    • Verbal abuse can also be referred to as the act of threatening.

  • Child Abuse

  • Elder Abuse

  • The Older Years

    • Abuse of the elderly is a serious problem in the U.S.
    • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and caregiver neglect or financial exploitation, while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.

  • Spousal Abuse

  • Gestures

    • A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages.
    • A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.
    • Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that does not communicate specific messages, such as purely expressive displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention.

  • Differential Treatment by Age or Ageism

    • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, caregiver neglect or financial exploitation while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.

  • Applied Body Language

    • Body language is a form of human non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements.
    • Flirting is a playful activity involving verbal communication and also body language to indicate an interest in a deeper romantic or sexual relationship.

  • Summary

    • This is a huge advance over the sometimes quite imprecise and contradictory verbal treatments found in much of our literature.

  • Seeing patterns

    • My point is just that using a matrix to represent the pattern of ties among actors may let us see some patterns more easily, and may cause us to ask some questions (and maybe even some useful ones) that a verbal description doesn't stimulate.