politically motivated violence
C21512
concept
Politically motivated violence is the use or threat of physical force to influence, coerce, or change political decisions, institutions, or power structures.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| political riot | 3 |
| politically motivated violence canonical | 3 |
| anti-abortion violence incident | 1 |
| protest-related killing | 1 |
| state violence | 1 |
| violent political attack | 1 |
| wave of violence | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: politically motivated violence
Generated description
Politically motivated violence is the use or threat of physical force to influence, coerce, or change political decisions, institutions, or power structures.
Instances (11)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Coushatta Massacre | — |
| 2021 United States Capitol attack | — |
| White Terror (1815) | wave of violence |
| Caning of Charles Sumner | violent political attack |
| 1998 Birmingham abortion clinic bombing | anti-abortion violence incident |
| burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 | political riot |
| Baltimore riot of 1812 | political riot |
| Hamburg riot of 1876 | — |
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Sund
surface form:
January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol
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political riot |
| Trisakti shootings | protest-related killing |
| Decossackization | state violence |