Loukkauksia

Loukkauksia is Finnish for acts or statements that offend someone’s dignity or cause affront. The term covers a range of disrespectful or insulting conduct, from verbal comments to other actions that are perceived as harmful to another person’s reputation or self-respect. In everyday language loukkauksia can refer to specific incidents, for example when recounting several insults or affronts that occurred.

Linguistic note: loukkauksia is the plural form of loukkaus, with the partitive plural ending -sia/-kia. The word can be used broadly to describe various kinds of affronts, including verbal insults (sanallinen loukkaus) or more indirect injuries to dignity. In more informal speech, a minor remark might be called a loukkaus, while more serious offenses may be described as kunnianloukkaus or other legal terms.

In a legal context, kunnianloukkaus is the key term for an offense against a person’s honor or dignity. While loukkauksia can be used to discuss a series of such acts, kunnianloukkaus is a specific crime under Finnish law, with penalties defined by statute. Related concepts include solvaus (insulting or slander) and herjaus (defamation), which cover overlapping but distinct forms of affronts to reputation.

Usage considerations: loukkauksia often appears in reports, discussions, or summaries of events involving disrespectful behavior. The term emphasizes the impact on dignity rather than physical harm and is commonly contrasted with terms for physical injury, such as vamma or loukkaantuminen.

See also: kunnianloukkaus, solvaus, herjaus, loukkaantuminen.