All 3 Uses of
martyr
in
1984 by Orwell
- Then he continued less vehemently: 'The first thing for you to understand is that in this place there are no martyrdoms.†
p. 253..7
- And they imagined that they had learned from the mistakes of the past; they knew, at any rate, that one must not make martyrs.
p. 254..2 *martyrs = someone admired for dying or suffering to uphold principles
- The dead men had become martyrs and their degradation was forgotten.
p. 254..4
Definition:
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(martyr) someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles -- especially someone killed for refusing to renounce their religion, or someone who commits a suicide death in the name of their religion
or:
someone who suffers a great deal
or (as a verb):
to kill someone or make them suffer in a manner that many would view as unjust