All 3 Uses of
persecution
in
Gulliver's Travels
- But looking on my left hand, I saw a horse walking softly in the field; which my persecutors having sooner discovered, was the cause of their flight.†
Chpt 4
- That upon a quarrel among us, I was set on shore on this coast, where I walked forward, without knowing whither, till he delivered me from the persecution of those execrable Yahoos.†
Chpt 4 *
- At which times they would approach as near as they durst, and imitate my actions after the manner of monkeys, but ever with great signs of hatred; as a tame jackdaw with cap and stockings is always persecuted by the wild ones, when he happens to be got among them.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(persecution) very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs