persecution
Syllables: per·se·cu·tionUK/ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən//ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
persecution noun: the act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
Noun
persecution (countable and uncountable, plural persecutions)
- The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
- Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.
- During the early 20th century, wolves were considered undesirable. They were subject to persecution and were extirpated from large areas of their original range. With increased environmental awareness in the 1970s, attitudes toward wolves began to change.2004 January 1, “The Practices of Wolf Persecution, Protection, and Restoration in Canada and the United States”, in BioScience, Oxford University Press
persecution meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
persecution in Hindi
- the act of persecuting
- प्रताड़ना pratāṛnā, सताना satānā
persecution in Urdu
- persecution
- ظلم و ستم ẓulm o sitam
persecution in Bengali
- নিপীড়ন
persecution in Malayalam
- പീഢനം
More languagesFewer languages
- persecution in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಕಳ, ಕಾಟ
- persecution in Gujarati
- ત્રાસ trās, કેર ker
- persecution in Nepali
- सतावट
- persecution in Arabic
- اِضْطِهَاد iḍṭihād
- persecution in Persian
- آزار âzâr
- persecution in Vietnamese
- sự khủng bố
Examples of persecution in a sentence
- […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]2008, M. W. Sphero, Religion: The Defamer of God, page 210:
- The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page...
- I see this not as persecution, but a learning chance to grow.2024, Jhariah, “RE: CONCERNS”, in TRUST CEREMONY:
Forms of persecution
| plural | persecutions |
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Origin of persecution
Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.
Words formed from persecution
Phrases with persecution
Words that rhyme with persecution
- distribution
- resolution
- institution
- evolution
- involution
- ablution
- revolution
- convolution
- execution
- solution
- absolution
- constitution
26 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- devolution
- dilution
- pollution
- restitution
- attribution
- circumlocution
- contribution
- destitution
- dissolution
- prosecution
- substitution
- diminution
- lilliputian
- prostitution
- Lucian
- robot revolution
- Rosicrucian
- Aleutian
- Confucian
- coresolution
- coupvolution
- Eeveelution
- elution
- nocturnal pollution
- retribution
- robolution
Questions about persecution
- What does persecution mean?
- Persecution means the act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
- What is persecution in Hindi?
- Persecution in Hindi is प्रताड़ना (pratāṛnā), सताना (satānā). See Persecution meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use persecution in a sentence?
- […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]
- What part of speech is persecution?
- Persecution is a noun.
- How do you pronounce persecution?
- Persecution is pronounced /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of persecution?
- The plural of persecution is persecutions.
Words near persecution in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: persecution (page history and authors); ظلم و ستم (Urdu) (page history and authors); persecution (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); persecution (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); persecution (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કેર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); persecution (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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