persecution
nounHow many syllables in persecution?
There are 4 syllables in the word persecution.How to pronounce persecution:
Definition of persecution:
- persecution (noun):
- prolonged ill-treatment of or violence towards someone
- the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion).
- the act or practice of persecuting especially those who differ in origin, religion, or social outlook
Synonyms for persecution:
abuse
aggravation
anger
annoyance
bothering
discrimination against
disturbance
exasperation
harassment
ill-treatment
ill-usage
irritation
maltreatment
mistreatment
molestation
offence
oppression
rendition
subjugation
teasing
torment
torture
torturing
trouble
tyrannization
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Antonyms for persecution:
aid
assistance
backing
comfort
contentment
cooperation
delight
ease
easement
facilitation
furtherance
guidance
happiness
help
helping hand
joy
ministration
mitigation
peace
pleasure
protection
relief
stimulation
succor
succour
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- unbreakable
- cioppino
- geometry
- productively
- perennial
- myodynia
- milk-and-water
- nauseatingly
- metamorphic
- Hadelinde
- fastidious
- trajectory
- miserable
- comfortable
- evaluate
- Tutankhamen
- simpatico
- never-ending
- miraculous
- ineffable
- immaculate
- cephalopod
- audacious
- unknowingly
- reliable
- preciously
- malicious
- astronomy
- circumference
- obstinately
- wherewithal
- salutation
- cautiously
- obsidian
- predominant
- manageable
- derivative
- attentiveness
- vegetation
- teetotaler
- interpreter
- innovation
- hypotenuse
- carefulness
- adrenaline
- strenuously
- imperative
- mellifluous
- frontality
- … more
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