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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•se•cu•tion /ˌpɜrsɪˈkyuʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act or state of persecuting or of being persecuted:suffering persecution for the sake of justice.
a program or campaign of persecuting:[countable]the Roman persecutions of the Christians.See -seq-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•se•cu•tion (pûr′si kyo̅o̅′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of persecuting.
- the state of being persecuted.
- a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs:the persecutions of Christians by the Romans.
- Late Latin persecūtiōn- (stem of persecūtiō), Latin: prosecution, equivalent. to persecūt(us) past participle of persequī (see persecute) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English persecucio(u)n 1300–50
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