• 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 meaning & definition 1 of Persecution.


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

    Persecution meaning & definition 2 of Persecution.


  • [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.

    Persecution meaning & definition 3 of Persecution.


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

    Persecution meaning & definition 4 of Persecution.

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