Synonyms for persecution

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pur-si-kyoo-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr sɪˈkyu ʃən

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Définition of persecution

Origin : mid-14c., "oppression for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Old French persecucion "persecution, damage, affliction, suffering" (12c.) and directly from Latin persecutionem (nominative persecutio), noun of action from past participle stem of persequi "follow, pursue, hunt down; proceed against, prosecute, start a legal action," from per- "through" (see per) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Psychological persecution complex is recorded from 1961; earlier persecution mania (1892).

noun affliction

Example sentences :

I may have been mistaken with regard to the cause of my persecution by the Wilsons, but I think not.
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

And then at once arises the danger into which morality has led us: the danger of persecution.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

But be that as it may, they joined with Lip-lip in the persecution.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Grief and persecution had in a former instance inspired her with the love of solitude.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

There was a cry of "Neo-paganism," and various attempts at persecution.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The persecution of which they complained was the persecution of the honest man by the knave.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

There is persecution, but they are not turned out of village, street, or house.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Three more weeks of this persecution and my looks would be quite gone.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

But Anaxagoras had been dead thirty years, and was beyond the reach of persecution.
Extract from : « Apology » by Plato

And there, among her relatives, she thought she would be free from our persecution.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Antonyms for persecution

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