to persecute
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- verb
- /ˈpɜrsɪˌkjut/
:
perseguir
- She spoke about the challenges faced by those who are often persecuted for their beliefs.
- persecute minorities
- persecute people
- persecuted by the government
Is it not a human part of our journey to be persecuted for our beliefs?
- Is it not a human part of our journey to be persecuted for our beliefs?
- Now, according to the administration, this wasn't about persecuting any group.
- You racist police who are oppressing and persecuting and abusing our people.
- You know that Russian language is not persecuted in Ukraine.
- You can't say your Christianity is persecuting other people.
- And I think that, you know, here in America, we think we're being persecuted because people don't like us.
- All told, the state doesn't actively seek to hunt and persecute gay people.
- And if you dare speak out against them, they criticize you and claim that they're being persecuted.
- Modern society attempts to teach you to reform and change your habits rather than persecuting you.
- Narcissistic people play the eternal victim, and they live their lives as though they are being persecuted all the time.
- In fact, there is a state problem here because traditionally asylum was about people who were persecuted by the state.
- That's a that's a bigoted way to persecute one person over another.
- He he persecuted homosexuals and he was a homosexual.
- He, he was, he was persecuting Christians.
Examples
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Jews have been persecuted for over 5,000 years.
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Paul used to kill Christians, used to persecute them... but the Lord came to him and converted him.
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We must love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
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The more they persecute him, the more I'm loyal to him.
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The community is being persecuted.
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Is it not a human part of our journey to be persecuted for our beliefs?
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Increasingly, the Mexican judicial system is viewed as one more arm with which to persecute political opponents.
Academic text (1999) -
Even back then, the oppressed were persecuted for their beliefs.
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Christians were periodically persecuted, although the persecutions usually involved relatively small numbers of Christians.
Academic text (1992) -
Minorities are persecuted horribly, religious and other minorities.
Synonyms
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3.7
To treat a person or animal cruelly to harm them
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6.5
To treat people cruelly or unfairly using power to limit their rights
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4.9
To treat someone worse because of their race, sex or religion
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6.0
Treat someone cruelly or unfairly so they suffer
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7.5
To treat a person as if they are not human and take away their dignity
Antonyms
How Cruel
- Offensive
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- NSFW
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7.2
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7.0
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4.0
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
persecute = per + secut
Although historically analyzable as Latin components (per- + sequi/secut-), these elements are not productive or recognizable to average learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably derived from the parts.
Etymology
The word persecute comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and sequi 'to follow', and the same root is in sequence ('things that follow'). So to persecute is to 'follow' someone in a cruel way, treating them badly again and again.