reciprocal violence, n.Definitions

Reciprocal violence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠mimetic rivalry escalated: the more it divides people, the more alike it makes them.

Reciprocal violence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠summed up by Eteocles and Polynices: nothing can be said of one brother without having to say it of the other.