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persecution

noun
/ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/US/ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən/UK

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from persequor
  2. derived from persecūtio
  3. derived from persecucion
  4. inherited from persecucioun

Definitions

  1. The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people

    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.
    • […] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA