Look up: Persecution

1. Persecution
   Being continually cruel to a person because of their race, religion, sexual orientation or beliefs.
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2. persecution
   [n] - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
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3. Persecution
   Per`se·cu"tion noun [ French persécution , Latin persecutio .] 1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. « Persecution produces no sincere conviction.» Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. 3. A car …
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4. persecution
   noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
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5. Persecution
   `Persecution` is the systematic mistreatment of an individual/group by another group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. Christians were mostly persecuted in the Roman times.
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6. Persecution
   `Persecution` is the systematic mistreatment of an individual/group by another group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. Christians were mostly persecuted in the Roman times.
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7. Persecution
   • (n.) A carrying on; prosecution. • (n.) The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. • (n.) The state or condition of being persecuted.
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