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persecution /pəːsɪˈkjuːʃn /noun [mass noun]1Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression: her family fled religious persecution...- They came mostly from areas of the Russian empire where religious persecution was common.
- The Israeli leadership does not need justification for further persecution.
- In the late 1990s, however, the Hazaras faced extreme persecution under the Taliban.
Synonyms oppression, victimization, maltreatment, ill treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill usage, discrimination, tyranny, tyrannization, punishment, torment, torture; pogrom informal witch hunt North American informal red-baiting harassment, hounding, harrying, badgering, teasing, bullying, molestation 1.1Persistent annoyance or harassment: his persecution at the hands of other students...- In the face of this persecution, Morgan takes an interest in Nick's girlfriend Frankie.
- The rain is an obvious metaphor for oppression and relentless torment, for Davidson himself and his persecution of others.
- It's the one place in all the world where they can smoke pot in public without fear of persecution.
Rhymesablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, retribution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution |