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martyr
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1984, by Orwell
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- Then he continued less vehemently: 'The first thing for you to understand is that in this place there are no martyrdoms.†
p. 253.7martyrdoms = instances of the death or suffering of people due to upholding principles
- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(martyr) someone who is killed or made to suffer greatly for their beliefs, often unjustly; or someone who acts as if they suffer a lot; or to make someone into such a person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)