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    The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the
    infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed
    or mode of worship.

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      pretty much the same thing as [racism], only on more of a [religious] or sexual [basis].

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        [Oppression] of a religious group that is despised by most of society.
        In right-wing [fundamentalist] [Newspeak], the act of disagreeing with fundamentalist protestants and/or refusing to give them special entitlements, such as school-sponsored prayer.

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          Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression.

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