All 6 Uses of
persecution
in
1984, by Orwell
- The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering — a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weapons — a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting — three hundred million people all with the same face.†
p. 74.3persecuting = treating very badly and unfairly
- You have read of the religious persecutions of the past.†
p. 253.7persecutions = instances of very bad and unfair treatment
- The Russians persecuted heresy more cruelly than the Inquisition had done.
p. 254.1 *persecuted = ongoing unfair treatment of others -- usually because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs
- Did I not tell you just now that we are different from the persecutors of the past?†
p. 255.1
- The object of persecution is persecution.†
p. 263.8persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- The object of persecution is persecution.†
p. 263.8
Definition:
very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs