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Then you are not familiar with the historical range of uses of the term, because it can certainly be synonymous. To "do violence to" does not imply physical for

Then you are not familiar with the historical range of uses of the term, because it can certainly be synonymous. To "do violence to" does not imply physical force, but damage. I already said the particular manner in which the term is used is obtuse, but it is most definitely nitpicking, especially when all the original comment has to offer is a comment on how he doesn't like this particular usage of the word (as I said, I am also not a fan), paying no attention to the much more important substance of the article.

chaps 3y ago
Indeed. Just look at phrases like "violent contrasts" [1]. That phrase has lasted throughout the entirety of its history back to 2004, too! [2] Tenebrism, from Italian tenebroso ("dark, gloomy, mysterious"), also occasionally called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using especially pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are *violent contrasts of light and dark*, and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenebrism&oldid=8534527 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenebrism&oldid=8...