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violență
violence /vi.oˈlent͡sə/
noun#2727 most common
Also: force, brutality
Example sentences
Violența este rea.
Violence is bad.
Filmul acesta conține multă violență.
This movie contains a lot of violence.
Poliția a intervenit pentru a opri violența din stradă.
The police intervened to stop the violence in the street.
Guvernul a lansat un program de prevenire a violenței domestice.
The government launched a program to prevent domestic violence.
Sociologii dezbat dacă mass-media amplifică violența în societate.
Sociologists debate whether the media amplifies violence in society.
Recurgerea la violență ca instrument politic subminează legitimitatea oricărui regim.
Resorting to violence as a political tool undermines the legitimacy of any regime.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | violență | violențe |
| Genitive | violenței | violențelor |
| Accusative | violență | violențe |
| Vocative | violență | violențe |
Word family
Etymology
The word entered Romanian as a learned borrowing from French "violence", itself from Latin "violentia". The Latin noun comes from "violentus" (violent, vehement), built on "vis" (force, power). Romanian took in this term during the 18th and 19th centuries, when the language absorbed many French and Latin words to modernize its abstract vocabulary.
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