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Plural of persecution

regular plural

The plural of persecution is persecutions.

Forms of persecution

Singularpersecution /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
Pluralpersecutions
Countablecountable and uncountable

Persecutions in a sentence

  • Beginning in antiquity, it narrates wars, wanderings, the diasporae, rebellions, persecutions, individual and collective triumphs and survivals.1966, Publishers Weekly, volume 189, page 81, column 2. From the entry diasporae
  • Lieberman was the first stage of the Hadrianic persecutions before the "decrees of destruction" (gezeirot hashmad) during the Bar Kokhba rebellion.2024, David Golinkin, “Are Thee Ways Of Hidinng A Mezuzah In Times Of Danger?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 208. From the entry Hadrianic

Meaning of persecution

  1. noun The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.

Full definition of persecution

Questions about the plural of persecution

What is the plural of persecution?
The plural of persecution is persecutions.
Is persecution countable?
Persecution is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: persecution (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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