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- pronunciation:
- In
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zI
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an official inquiry, esp. for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity.
Religious leaders launched an inquisition with the aim of combating heresy and witchcraft. |
| definition 2: |
the act of conducting such an inquiry.
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| definition 3: |
an inquest or other legal investigation.
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| definition 4: |
questioning that is prolonged, unrelenting, or brutal.
The prisoner was beaten during his inquisition, but he revealed no secrets. |
| definition 5: |
(cap.) a former agency of the Roman Catholic Church that investigated heresy and attempted to suppress it, esp. by violent means.
The woman was accused of witchcraft and taken before members of the Inquisition. |
| related words: |
examination, inquiry, trial |
adjective + (n.)inquisition
congressional, holy, past, religious, short
verb + (n.)inquisition
burn, conduct, face, fear, lead, order, prepare, question, subject
noun + (n.)inquisition
burning, censorship, conversation, crusade, extremism, hearing, inquiry, investigation, jihad, jurisdiction, meaning, nature, pogrom, trial, victim
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| derivation: |
inquisitional (adj.) |
The word inquisition
contains the following parts:
in-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix in-1 occurs in Latin loanwords and thus attaches to Latin roots ( infect
, inscribe
). in-1 has multiple forms, as the "n" sound in in-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms il-1, im-1, and ir-1.
Example words:
incise, incision, incisor, include, incursion, infarct, infect, influence, influx, inform, information, inhere, inherent, inhibit, innate, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inscribe, inscription, inspect, inspector, inter
quer, ques, quir, quis, quest
Latin
root
that means ask, seek
Example words:
acquire, acquisitive, inquest, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitive, query, quest, question, request, require, requisite
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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