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very bad and unfair treatment of others — usually because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs- Everyone knows about the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis.
persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- In that country people who are gay are persecuted by law.
- And some of you have come from areas where your quest—quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I Have a Dream
- Lip-lip had selected White Fang for his special object of persecution.Jack London -- White Fang
- The Russians persecuted heresy more cruelly than the Inquisition had done.George Orwell -- 1984
- Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Well I don't know for certain," he said, "they're supposed to change money or somethin', but that ain't no cause to persecute 'em."Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Jem, it's not right to persecute anybody, is it?Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Old Adolf Hitler has been prosecutin' the-"
"Persecuting Cecil...."Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird - Over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Miss Gates said, "When you get to high school, Cecil, you'll learn that the Jews have been persecuted since the beginning of history, even driven out of their own country."Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- In England, Simon was irritated by the persecution of those who called themselves Methodists at the hands of their more liberal brethren, and as Simon called himself a Methodist, he worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, thence to Mobile, and up the Saint Stephens.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- He, whose persecutions had been the cause of my sin!Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- My ancestors arrived in the Solo-Khumbu region fleeing from persecution in the lowlands.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- ... The Bishop's middle years in New Mexico had been clouded by the persecution of the Navajos and their expulsion from their own country.Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- If the country was better for the movement that persecuted me, I was still in favor of it.Ji-Li Jiang -- Red Scarf Girl
- Nirriti smiled and said, " 'Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.'Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- It is fortified By persecution: supreme, so long as men will die for it.T.S. Eliot -- Murder in the Cathedral
- Catholics are persecuted, treated like dogs!Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
persecuted = treated badly in an unfair manner
persecution = bad, ongoing, and unfair treatment
persecution = bad, ongoing, and unfair treatment
persecuted = ongoing unfair treatment of others — usually because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs
persecution = bad and unfair treatment of a group of people
persecute = treat badly and unfairly
persecute = treat badly and unfairly
persecuting = treating badly and unfairly
persecuting = treating badly and unfairly
persecuted = treated badly and unfairly
persecution = bad and unfair treatment of a group of people
persecutions = unfair treatment