persecution

English

Etymology

From Late Latin persecūtio (“chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

persecution (uncountable)

1. The act of persecuting.
2. A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs.

Translations

The act of persecuting

• Armenian: հալածանք (hy) (halaçank’)
• Dutch: vervolging (nl) f
• Esperanto: persekutado (eo)
• Finnish: vainoaminen
• French: persécution (fr) f
• German: Verfolgung (de) f

• Greek: καταδίωξη (el) (katadíoxi) f, δίωξη (el) (díoxi) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چه‌وساندنه‌وه‌

• Luxembourgish: Verfollegung (lb) f
• Russian: преследование (ru) (preslédovanije) n
• Spanish: persecución (es) f

A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people

• Armenian: հալածանք (hy) (halaçank’)
• Dutch: vervolging (nl) f
• Finnish: vaino (fi)
• French: persécution (fr) f

• Greek: διωγμός (el) (diogmós) m
• Hebrew: רדיפה (he) (redifá) f
• Russian: гонение (ru) (gonénije) n, травля (ru) (trávlja) f