persecution

Noun

Meaning

The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.

The state or condition of being persecuted.

A carrying on; prosecution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abuse discrimination suppression repression oppression harassment cruelty torment mistreatment maltreatment victimization witch-hunt chase plague heat
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

abuse maltreatment ill-treatment ill-usage

Hyponyms

torture oppression subjugation torturing. pogrom

Phrases with the word

delusion of persecution

Examples

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. John F. Kennedy

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. George Eliot

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. Alexander Hamilton

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. Edmund Burke

Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution. Virchand Gandhi

Close letter words and terms

persecutee persecuter persecutingly persecutional persecutive persecutor