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How to pronounce persecution in English?

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Type Words
Type of ill-treatment, maltreatment, ill-usage, abuse
Has types torturing, oppression, pogrom, subjugation, torture
Derivation persecute

Examples of persecution

persecution
It is a life which condemns you to mockery, ridicule, persecution and isolation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Since July 20, 1999, the CCP framed Falun Gong and launched an evil persecution.
From the theepochtimes.com
Geng said she remembered the day Gao learned about the truth of the persecution.
From the theepochtimes.com
After the persecution began, Tang lost the government job he'd had for 20 years.
From the theepochtimes.com
July 20, 2009 will mark the 10th year of the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
From the theepochtimes.com
The persecution against this big group of people is beyond anyone's imagination.
From the theepochtimes.com
Mr Deller spoke of Falun Gong's development and subsequent persecution in China.
From the theepochtimes.com
Next to her, a large poster displays the Chinese communist regime's persecution.
From the theepochtimes.com
Further, the pastor believes, he has become the victim of religious persecution.
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More examples
  • The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
  • (persecute) cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
  • (persecutor) tormentor: someone who torments
  • Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or 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.
  • Persu00E9cution is a 2009 romantic-drama film directed by Patrice Chu00E9reau. It stars Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It premiered on 5 September 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Lion.
  • Persecution (a.k.a. The Graveyard or The Terror of Sheba) is a 1974 British thriller film directed by Don Chaffey. The dialogue was written by Frederick Warner, based on story & screenplay by Robert Hutton and Rosemary Wootten. The music score is by Paul Ferris.
  • (The persecutor) The Persecutor, also known as Forgive Me Natasha and less commonly as Sergei, is the autobiography of Sergei Kourdakov, a former KGB agent who persecuted Christians in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, but defected to Canada in 1971 and converted to Evangelical Christianity. ...
  • The act of persecuting; A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs
  • (persecute) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship; To harass with importunity; to ...