About The Word Persecution
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Persecution
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What's The Definition Of Persecution?
[n] the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Persecution: Related Terms | Find terms related to Persecution: abuse | affliction | aggravation | annoyance | bad news | bedevilment | bore | bother | botheration | bothersomeness | bullying | clawing | crashing bore | cruciation | crucifixion | devilment | difficulty | dogging | downer | drag | exasperation | harassing | harassment | harrying | headache | hectoring | hell | hell upon earth | holocaust | horror | hounding | ill-treatment | irritation | laceration | lancination | maltreatment | martyrdom | McCarthyism | molestation | nightmare | nuisance | oppression | outrage | passion | pest | problem | punishment | purgatory | rack | red-baiting | subjugation | suppression | torment | tormenting | torture | trial | trouble | tyranny | vexation | vexatiousness | victimization | witch-hunt | witch-hunting | worriment | worry See Also | abuse | ill-treatment | ill-usage | maltreatment | oppression | pogrom | subjugation | torture | torturing Persecution In Webster's Dictionary \Per`se*cu"tion\, n. [F. pers['e]cution, L.
persecutio.]
1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the
infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a
particular creed or mode of worship.
Persecution produces no sincere conviction. --Paley.
2. The state or condition of being persecuted. --Locke.
3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]
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