PERSECUTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
   Hypernyms(s) persecution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • maltreatment (what does maltreatment mean?)
   • ill-treatment (what does ill-treatment mean?)
   • ill-usage (what does ill-usage mean?)
   • abuse (what does abuse mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • oppression (what does oppression mean?)
   • subjugation (what does subjugation mean?)
   • pogrom (what does pogrom mean?)
   • torture (what does torture mean?)
   • torturing (what does torturing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • persecute (what does persecute mean?)
   • oppress (what does oppress mean?)