Definitions for bullying
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bullying, intimidationadjective

   the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

2. blustery, bullyingadjective

   noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bullyingnoun

   An act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

2. bullyingnoun

   Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

   Bullying is a punishable offense in all schools.

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1. Bullying

   Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time. Bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual, physically, mentally or emotionally. Bullying can be done individually or by a group, called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more followers who are willing to assist the primary bully or who reinforce the bully by providing positive feedback such as laughing. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as "peer abuse". Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. The Swedish-Norwegian researcher Dan Olweus says bullying occurs when a person is "exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons", and that negative actions occur "when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways". Individual bullying is usually characterized by a person behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person.A bullying culture can develop in any context in which humans interact with each other. This may include school, family, the workplace, the home, and neighborhoods. The main platform for bullying in contemporary culture is on social media websites. In a 2012 study of male adolescent American football players, "the strongest predictor [of bullying] was the perception of whether the most influential male in a player's life would approve of the bullying behavior." A study by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health in 2019 showed a relationship between social media use by girls and an increase in their exposure to bullying.Bullying may be defined in many different ways. In the United Kingdom, there is no legal definition of bullying, while some states in the United States have laws against it. Bullying is divided into four basic types of abuse – psychological (sometimes called emotional or relational), verbal, physical, and cyber.Behaviors used to assert such domination may include physical assault or coercion, verbal harassment, or threat, and such acts may be directed repeatedly toward particular targets. Rationalizations of such behavior sometimes include differences of social class, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, behavior, body language, personality, reputation, lineage, strength, size, or ability.

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1. bullying

   Bullying is a repetitive, aggressive, and unwanted behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance, intending to harm, intimidate, or humiliate the victim. It can take different forms like physical, verbal, emotional, or online harassment (cyberbullying). The impact of bullying can be significant and long-term, affecting the psychological, emotional, and physical well-being of the individual targeted.

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1. Bullying

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1. Bullying

   Bullying is the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical power. It can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of class, race, religion, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior, or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target". Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, while some U.S. states have laws against it. Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex bullying in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse. Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. A bullying culture can develop in any context in which human beings interact with each other. This includes school, family, the workplace, home, and neighborhoods. In a 2012 study of male adolescent football players, "the strongest predictor was the perception of whether the most influential male in a player's life would approve of the bullying behavior".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bullying in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bullying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bullying in a Sentence

1. Sheriff Kevin Turner:

   Bullying of any group or person in or outside of schools is unacceptable, and I welcome any and all efforts to raise awareness to bullying and bring bullying to a stop, the Sheriff Office is proud of the community support and engagement we have received over the years, and we look forward to growing those community partnerships.

2. Nikki Pagano:

   Oftentimes, there’s something else happening for these kids — maybe they’ve been bullied or don’t feel accepted by their peers, maybe there are challenges for them at home or in school, this could be an opportunity to get a child help and prevent future bullying.

3. De Blasio:

   Kim said he would correct the story and then broke his word. No surprise. Instead over the last six days he has baselessly accused this administration of pay to play and obstruction of justice. you know, the bullying is nothing new. I believe Ron Kim, and it's very, very sad.

4. Tracy Vaillancourt:

   We tend to admire power, but we also tend to abuse power, because we don't talk about achieving power in an appropriate way. Bullying is part of the human condition, but that doesn't make it right. We should be taking care of each other.

5. James Holmes:

   I think China has actually seriously overplayed its hand by being so bullying and by being so aggressive, that starts driving together allies that are worried about Chinese aggression ... The more China pushes the more coalition partners are likely to unite and push back.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bullying
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bullying
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullying
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bullying