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per·se·cu·tion
 persecution
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- pronunciation:
- puhr
s
kyu
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition: |
the act of continually treating others in a cruel way because of race, religion, politics, or some other difference from oneself or from the majority within a society; or the condition of being treated in this way.
Many people came to America to escape religious persecution. |
| related words: |
injustice, torture |
adjective + (n.)persecution
bloody,
brutal,
communist,
concluding,
continuing,
cruel,
deliberate,
direct,
escaping,
fleeing,
frequent,
intellectual,
intense,
legitimate,
official,
outright,
political,
racial,
religious,
ruthless,
severe,
terrible,
violent,
widespread
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verb + (n.)persecution
accuse, avoid, characterize, displace, endure, escape, experience, face, fear, flee, forbid, free, justify, oppose, provoke, single, subject, suffer
(n.)persecution
+ verb
retain, target
noun + (n.)persecution
asylum,
century,
chapter,
claim,
conscience,
conversion,
cycle,
decade,
delusion,
discrimination,
distress,
extent,
faith,
fear,
freedom,
harassment,
hardship,
history,
immigrant,
injustice,
insult,
legacy,
misunderstanding,
opposition,
parallel,
pilgrim,
poverty,
protest,
refuge,
refugee,
sanction,
slavery,
suffering,
target,
threat,
victim,
violence,
wave
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| derivation: |
persecutional (adj.) |
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