English-Thai Dictionary

persecution

N การ ก่อกวน  การ กลั่นแกล้ง  การ ข่มเหง  การ ข่มเหง รังแก  affliction banishment exile kan-kor-kuan

 

persecution

N การ จับ มา ลงโทษ  infliction ill-treatment maltreatment torment kan-jab-ma-long-tod

 

persecution

N การถูก ก่อกวน  การถูก กลั่นแกล้ง  การถูก รังแก  kan-tuk-kor-kuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSECUTION

n.The act or practice of persecuting; the infliction of pain, punishment or death upon others unjustly, particularly for adhering to a religious creed or mode of worship, either by way of penalty or for compelling them to renounce their principles. Historians enumerate ten persecutions suffered by the Christians, beginning with that of Nero, A.D. 31, and ending with that of Diocletian, A.D. 3 3 to 313. 1. The state of being persecuted.
Our necks are under persecution; we labor and have no rest. Lamentations 5:5.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSECUTION

Per `se *cu "tion, n. Etym: [F. persécution, L. persecutio.]

 

1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley.

 

2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke.

 

3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

persecution

per se cu tion |ˌpərsəˈkyo͞oSHən pɜːrsɪˈkjuːʃn | ▶noun hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of race or political or religious beliefs: her family fled religious persecution. • persistent annoyance or harassment: his persecution at the hands of other students.

 

persecution complex

per se cu tion com plex |ˌpərsəˈkjuʃən ˌkɑmˈplɛks | ▶noun an irrational and obsessive feeling or fear that one is the object of collective hostility or ill-treatment on the part of others.

 

Oxford Dictionary

persecution

per |se ¦cu ¦tion |pəːsɪˈkjuːʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression: her family fled religious persecution. • persistent annoyance or harassment: his persecution at the hands of other students.

 

persecution complex

per |se ¦cu ¦tion com |plex ▶noun an irrational and obsessive feeling or fear that one is the object of collective hostility or ill-treatment on the part of others.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

persecution

persecution noun 1 victims of religious persecution: oppression, victimization, maltreatment, ill-treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill-usage, discrimination, tyranny; informal witch hunt. 2 the persecution she endured at school: harassment, hounding, intimidation, bullying.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

persecution

persecution noun 1 victims of religious persecution: oppression, victimization, maltreatment, ill-treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill-usage, discrimination, tyranny, tyrannization, punishment, torment, torture; pogrom; informal witch hunt; N. Amer. informal red-baiting. 2 the persecution I endured at school got worse as I got older: harassment, hounding, harrying, badgering, teasing, bullying, molestation.

 

French Dictionary

persécution

persécution n. f. nom féminin Action de persécuter.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

persecution

p è r se c ú tion 名詞 U C 迫害 ; 虐待 ▸ suffer persecution 迫害される ～́ c ò mplex [m à nia ]被害妄想 (狂 ).