| NOUN | act | persecution | the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) |
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| Sounds | per.sahkyuw'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion). | |
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| Category | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
| Narrower | oppression, subjugation | The act of subjugating by cruelty |
| pogrom | organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews) | |
| torture, torturing | The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | |
| Broader | maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Spanish | persecución | |
| Catalan | persecució | |
| Verbs | persecute | cause to suffer |
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