All 13 Uses
persecution
in
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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- Whenever she told him about herself and her friends from home, Franz heard the words prison, persecution, enemy tanks, emigration, pamphlets, banned books, banned exhibitions, and he felt a curious mixture of envy and nostalgia.†
Chpt 3persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- The words prison, persecution, banned books, occupation, tanks were ugly, without the slightest trace of romance.†
Chpt 3 *
- Religion was persecuted by the regime, and most people gave the church a wide berth.†
Chpt 3persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- The only way we can encounter it is if its persecutors have overlooked it somewhere.†
Chpt 3
- Had he persecuted her?†
Chpt 3persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- The second type of reaction came from people who themselves (they or their intimates) had been persecuted, who had refused to compromise with the occupation powers or were convinced they would refuse to compromise (to sign a statement) even though no one had requested it of them (for instance, because they were too young to be seriously involved).†
Chpt 5
- People were still reacting to the mass persecution of Czech intellectuals with the euphoria of solidarity, and when his former patients found out that Tomas was washing windows for a living, they would phone in and order him by name.†
Chpt 5persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- He had certainly never expected to find him in the company of a persecuted editor.†
Chpt 5persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- Aren't you on the side of the persecuted?†
Chpt 5
- It was manna from heaven, the perfect start and justification for a new wave of persecution.†
Chpt 5persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- But many also died without being directly subjected to persecution; the hopelessness pervading the entire country penetrated the soul to the body, shattering the latter.†
Chpt 5
- She would unhesitatingly prefer life in a real Communist regime with all its persecution and meat queues.†
Chpt 6
- Do you mean that modern art isn't persecuted under Communism?†
Chpt 6persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
Definitions:
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(1)
(persecution) very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)