Persecution

What do we mean by persecution?

The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor. noun

The condition of being persecuted. noun

The act or practice of persecuting; harassing or oppressive treatment; especially, the infliction of injury (as loss of property or civil rights, physical suffering, or death) as a punishment for adhering to some opinion or course of conduct, as a religious creed or a mode of worship,which cannot properly be regarded as criminal. noun

Persistent or repeated injury or annoyance of any kind. noun

A time of general or systematic oppression or infliction of torture, death, etc., on account of religious opinion or belief: as, the ten persecutions of Christians under the Roman emperors. noun

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

The state or condition of being persecuted. noun

A carrying on; prosecution. noun

The act of persecuting. noun

A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs. noun

The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) noun

The act of persecuting.

A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs.

Words that are spelled similarly to persecution:
persecution, perfection, prosecution, persecutor, persecutive, perlocution, persecuting, persecutions.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word persecution:
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Words that rhyme with persecution:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe persecution:
religious, political, cruel, severe, nazi, much, violent, general, bitter, systematic, decian, terrible, further, racial, active, fierce, christian, bloody, relentless, petty, official, neronian, roman, unjust, constant, ruthless, legal, savage, intense, open, continued, actual, brutal, unrelenting, widespread, merciless, subsequent, fresh, communist, furious, persistent, dreadful, outright, continual, horrible, russian, alleged, harsh, semitic, vigorous, incessant, sanguinary, catholic, protestant, imperial, fiery, extreme, ecclesiastical, continuous, pagan, spanish, rigorous, vicious, wholesale, muslim, grievous, barbarous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective persecution:
mania, complex, gaspard, authors, period, soviet.

Words that sound like persecution:
persecution, prosecution, persecutions, prosecutions, persecuting, personation, preclusion, progression, precaution, persecuted, persecute, profusion, persecutor, precation, practician, persecutes, preignition, persecutory.