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persecutory, a.|ˈpɜːsɪˌkjuːtərɪ|
[f. as prec.: see -ory.]
1. a. Given to persecution, persecutive. b. Of or relating to persecution. Now used esp. with reference to persecution 1 d.
1654S. Clarke Eccl. Hist. 173 The crafty fetches, and persecutory drifts whereby he endeavoured to allure the Catholicks to the Arian Heresie. 1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. 32 A City, and Empire, so Persecutory of his Servants, as Pagan Rome. 1881Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. VIII. 33 We have such [sc. delusions] of a depressive erotic character, usually persecutory. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 395 In many cases persecutory and exalted delusions are inextricably mixed. 1936W. S. Sadler Theory & Pract. Psychiatry xix. 334 The child can very early acquire a ‘persecutory complex’ built up out of his memory feelings of being many times unjustly treated. 1952Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XLIII. 81 Religion is a form of psychotherapy which promotes a belief in the existence of idealized good objects as a defence against persecutory and depressive guilt. 1962Lancet 19 May 1065/1 He soon developed persecutory ideas and was admitted to hospital. 1963Observer 2 June 18/6 Cameras planted all over the place like persecutory eyes.
†2. Pursuant of. Obs. rare.
1774S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1795) 90 Actions were persecutory 1. of the Thing. 2. of the Penalty. 3. of Both. |