persecution

Definitions

1. The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution
3. Excruciating punishment:hell, living hell, torment, torture.
4. to make (someone) suffer, especially because of their opinions or beliefs. They were persecuted for their religion. vervolg يَضْطَهِد، يُعَذِّب преследвам perseguir pronásledovat verfolgen forfølge διώκω, κατατρέχωperseguir; acosar, atormentar taga kiusama اذیت کردن vainota persécuter לרדוף उत्पीडि़त करना proganjati üldöz menganiaya, menyiksa ofsækja perseguitare 迫害する 박해하다 persekioti vajāt menyeksa vervolgenforfølgeprześladować پسې اخيستل ( تعقيبول ): ځورول، ربړول perseguir a persecuta подвер...
   especially
5. vervolging إضْطِهاد، تَعْذيب преследване perseguição pronásledování die Verfolgung forfølgelse διωγμός, καταδίωξηpersecución tagakiusamine آزار و اذیت vaino persécutionרדיפה उत्पीड़न, अत्याचार proganjanje üldözés penganiayaan ofsókn persecuzione 迫害 박해 persekiojimas vajāšana penyeksaan vervolgingforfølgelse prześladowanie تعقيب،ځورونه perseguição persecuţie, persecutare гонение prenasledovanie preganjanje progon förföljelse การกลั่นแกล้ง işkence etme 迫害 переслідування, гоніння اذيت رساني sự hà...
6. vervolger مُضْطَهِد، ظالِم пpecлeдвaч perseguidor pronásledovatel, -ka der/die Verfolger(in) forfølger διώκτης perseguidor jälitaja ستمگر vainooja persécuteur/-trice רוֹדֵף उत्पीड़क, अत्याचारी progonitelj üldöző penganiaya ofsækjandi persecutore, persecutrice 迫害者 박해자 persekiotojas vajātājs penyeksa vervolgerforfølger, plageånd prześladowca تعقيبوونكى: ځورونكى perseguidor persecutor гонитель prenasledovateľ, -ka preganjalec progonilac förföljare ผู้ก่อกวน zalim 迫害者 переслідувач, гонитель ايذا ...
7. persecución, acosamiento.
8. The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.
9. The condition of being persecuted.
10. the act of persecuting or the state of being persecuted
11. the act of persecuting.
12. the state of being persecuted.

Equivalents

Examples

“Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.”

“During the early 20th century, wolves were considered undesirable. They were subject to persecution and were extirpated from large areas of their original range. With increased environmental awareness in the 1970s, attitudes toward wolves began to change⟳.”

“[…] to support⟳ or agree⟳ with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target⟳ […]”

“Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race⟳. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define⟳ groups of people by race⟳ really a matter⟳ of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”

“I see⟳ this not as persecution, but a learning chance to grow⟳.”

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