单词 | persecutory |
释义 | persecutoryadj. 1. Of or relating to persecution; given to persecution. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > persecuting persecuting1573 persecutory1654 witch-hunting1657 persecutive1659 dragooning1691 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > schizophrenia > paranoia > persecution persecutory1899 1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 173 The crafty fetches, and persecutory drifts whereby he endeavoured to allure the Catholicks to the Arian Heresie. 1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 32 A City, and Empire, so Persecutory of his Servants, as Pagan Rome. 1881 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 8 33 We have such [sc. delusions] of a depressive erotic character, usually persecutory. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 395 In many cases persecutory and exalted delusions are inextricably mixed. 1936 W. 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. 1963 Observer 2 June 18/6 Cameras planted all over the place like persecutory eyes. 1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 221 He described the worst form of persecutory terror as being that of not knowing—a form of torture used knowingly in these fascist regimes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] followingc1400 conformable1526 conform1553 pursuant1593 conformala1645 fashionable1657 persecutory1774 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Civil Law iii. ii.81 Actions were persecutory 1. of the Thing. 2. of the Penalty. 3. of Both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654 |
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